American Society of Echocardiography/Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Recommendations and Guidelines for Continuous Quality Improvement in Perioperative Echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1303-1313

  Mathew, Joseph P ^a   Glas, Kathryn ^b   Troianos, Christopher A ^c   Sears Rogan, Pamela ^d   Savage, Robert ^e   Shanewise, Jack ^f   Kisslo, Joseph ^a   Aronson, Solomon ^a   Shernan, Stanton ^g  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846068720     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.08.039     Document Type: Article

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