The impact of computer-assisted auscultation on physician referrals of asymptomatic patients with heart murmurs

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-83

  Watrous, Raymond L ^a   Thompson, W Reid ^b   Ackerman, Stacey J ^c  

^a Zargis Medical Corp   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac auscultation; Computer assisted auscultation; Heart murmurs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUND DETECTION;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART MURMURS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 39849097514     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20185     Document Type: Article

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