Failure of digital echocardiography to accurately diagnose intracardiac shunts

American Heart Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 161-165

  Rahmouni, Hind W ^a   Keane, Martin G ^a   Silvestry, Frank E ^a   St John Sutton, Martin G ^a   Ferrari, Victor A ^a   Scott, Craig H ^a   Wiegers, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

AGED; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 36849053557     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.08.032     Document Type: Article

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