Impedance cardiography: More questions than answers

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 180-186

  Wang, David J ^b   Gottlieb, Stephen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DYSPNEA; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; DYSPNEA; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33646435857     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-006-0031-0     Document Type: Review

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