The impact of evolving hand-carried echocardiographic technology on outpatient physical examination accuracy in pediatric cardiology

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 170-178

  Ippisch, Holly M ^a,b   Kimball, Thomas R ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand carried; Hand held; Pediatric; Physical examination; Portable; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 34250178026     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2007.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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