ASE/SCA recommendations and guidelines for continuous quality improvement in perioperative echocardiography

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1416-1425

  Mathew, Joseph P ^a   Glas, Kathryn ^a   Troianos, Christopher A ^a   Sears Rogan, Pamela ^a   Savage, Robert ^a   Shanewise, Jack ^a   Kisslo, Joseph ^a   Aronson, Solomon ^a   Shernan, Stanton ^a  

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DOCUMENTATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REVIEW; SKILL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 33845696655     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000246837.33639.6a     Document Type: Article

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