Telecardiology: Effective means of delivering cardiac care to rural children

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 320-323

  Sekar, Prem ^a,b   Vilvanathan, Vairan ^a  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (India)

^b International Center for Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Diseases   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONSULTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TELECARDIOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 34548483176     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230701500411     Document Type: Article

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