The decline of cardiac auscultation: 'The ball of the match point is poised on the net'

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1173-1174

  Dolara, Alberto ^a,b  

^a Agenzia Regionale Sanita   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac auscultation; Echocardiography; Phonocardiography

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART MURMUR; HEART SOUND; HISTORY; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; MECHANOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY; PULSE RATE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; SKILL; STETHOSCOPE; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TRAINING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART DISEASE; INSTRUMENTATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REVIEW;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART DISEASES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STETHOSCOPES;

EID: 58149396771     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32830b5b52     Document Type: Short Survey

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