Hand-held echocardiography: its use and usefulness

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-5

  Mondillo, Sergio ^a   Giannotti, Giovanna ^a   Innelli, Pasquale ^b   Ballo, Pier Carlo ^a   Galderisi, Maurizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Hand held echocardiography; Training; Ultrasound stethoscope

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AMBULANCE; ANAMNESIS; COMPETENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MACHINE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; STETHOSCOPE; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRAINING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; STETHOSCOPES;

EID: 33746291642     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.07.002     Document Type: Review

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