The accuracy of ECG screening by GPs and by machine interpretation in selecting suspected heart failure patients for echocardiography

British Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 216-218

  Jeyaseelan, Sanjay ^a   Struthers, Allan D ^b   Goudie, Barclay M ^c   Pringle, Stuart D ^d   Sullivan, Frank M ^e   Donnan, Peter T ^e  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c Westgate Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Tayside Centre for General Practice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrocardiograms; General practitioners; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOLD STANDARD; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745478861     PISSN: 09696113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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