Efficacy of Ultrasound-assisted Stress Testing Using a Hand-carried Ultrasound Device for Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 536-539

  Hirano, Yutaka ^a   Uehara, Hisakazu ^a   Nakamura, Hajime ^a   Ikuta, Shin ichirou ^a   Nakano, Manabu ^a   Akiyama, Seita ^a   Ishikawa, Kinji ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646111421     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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