Lung sonography for the cardiologist;Ecografia polmonare per il cardiologo

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 139-147

  Soldati, Gino ^a,d   Copetti, Robert ^b   Gargani, Luna ^c  

^a Valle del Serchio General Hospital   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera S Antonio Abate di Gallarate   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest ultrasound; Diagnosis; Lung; Lung sonography

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMA; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG ECHOGRAPHY; LUNG STRUCTURE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMOTHORAX; REVIEW; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EDEMA; PLEURA DISEASE;

BIOPHYSICS; CARDIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; HEART DISEASES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; PLEURAL DISEASES; PULMONARY EDEMA;

EID: 34250344601     PISSN: 18276806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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