Reliability of cardiac dimensions and valvular regurgitation assessment by sonographers using hand-carried ultrasound devices

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 275-283

  Coletta, Claudio ^a   De Marchis, Elettra ^a   Lenoli, Monica ^a   Rosato, Stefano ^b   Renzi, Marco ^a   Sestili, Augusto ^a   Romano, Patrizia ^a   Infusino, Tommaso ^a   Ricci, Roberto ^a   Ceci, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SPIRITO SANTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac dimensions; Portable echocardiography; Sonographers; Valvular regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33745641938     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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