The pocket echocardiograph: A useful new tool?

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 721-725

  Egan, Margaret ^a   Ionescu, A ^a  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical use; Hand carried ultrasound scanner

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIATURIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 54949118422     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen177     Document Type: Article

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