Open access echocardiography is feasible in the Netherlands

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 361-365

  Baur, L H B ^a,b   Veenstra, L ^b   Lenderink, T ^a   Lodewijks van Der Bolt, C L B ^a   Winkens, R A G ^c   Soomers, F L M ^a,c   Stoffers, H E J H ^c  

^a Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Heart failure; Open access echocardiography; Valvular disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; URBAN AREA; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33947129122     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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