Digital phonocardiography as a screening tool for heart disease in childhood

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 470-473

  Germanakis, Ioannis ^a   Dittrich, Sven ^b   Perakaki, Rousa ^a   Kalmanti, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IRAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digital stethoscope; Heart defects; Murmur; Screening; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART MURMURS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 41149143203     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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