Use of Hand-held Ultrasound by a Nonsonographer Clinician to Measure Carotid Intima-Media Thickness

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1286-1292

  Tzou, Wendy S ^a   Korcarz, Claudia E ^b   Aeschlimann, Susan E ^b   Stein, James H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOEQUIVALENCE; CAROTID ARTERY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND HELD ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; MINIATURIZATION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUNICA INTIMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33748806009     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.04.038     Document Type: Article

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