The third heart sound for diagnosis of acute heart failure

Current Heart Failure Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 164-169

  Johnston, Michael ^a   Collins, Sean P ^b   Storrow, Alan B ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AUSCULTATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART CYCLE; HEART SOUND; HUMAN; PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA, PAROXYSMAL; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART SOUNDS; HUMANS; PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 34848851603     PISSN: 15469530     EISSN: 15469549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11897-007-0036-z     Document Type: Review

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