The Falciform Ligament in the Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Ascites

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1074.e3-1074.e4

  Cardello, Frank Patrick ^a   Yoon, Dong Hi Anthony ^a   Halligan Jr , Robert E ^a   Richter, Herschel ^a  

^a CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; LIVER; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARACENTESIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIUM CYST; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; TRANSDUCER; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33746341172     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.04.013     Document Type: Article

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