Guidelines and Standards for Performance of a Pediatric Echocardiogram: A Report from the Task Force of the Pediatric Council of the American Society of Echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1413-1430

  Lai, Wyman W ^a   Geva, Tal ^b   Shirali, Girish S ^c   Frommelt, Peter C ^d   Humes, Richard A ^e   Brook, Michael M ^f   Pignatelli, Ricardo H ^g   Rychik, Jack ^h  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^g TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART SIZE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONCARDIAC CHEST PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751416578     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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