Diagnosis of congenital heart disease in neonates by videoconferencing: An eight-year experience

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 137-140

  McCrossan, Brian A ^a   Grant, Brian ^a   Morgan, Gareth J ^a   Sands, Andrew J ^a   Craig, Brian ^a   Casey, Frank A ^a  

^a ROYAL BELFAST HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; STANDARD; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 53749094660     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2008.003011     Document Type: Article

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