The Dutch experience of open access echocardiography

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 342-347

  Lodewijks van Der Bolt, C L B ^a   Baur, L H B ^a   Lenderink, T ^a   Guldemond, F ^b   Nijhof, J ^b   Winkens, R ^b   Hundscheid, M ^b   Stoffers, J ^b  

^a Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart failure; Hypertension; Open access echocardiography; Rapid access echocardiography; Valvular heart disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOLOGIST; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MURMUR; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 36749083473     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03086012     Document Type: Article

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