Repeated echocardiography after the diagnosis of endocarditis: Too much of a good thing?

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 975-976

  Cabell, C H ^a,b   Fowler Jr , V G ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ENDOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS;

EID: 4344695663     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.031328     Document Type: Editorial

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