A new option in measuring bioimpedance in congestive heart failure

American Heart Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Torres, Daniele ^a   Parrinello, Gaspare ^a   Paterna, Salvatore ^a   Di Pasquale, Pietro ^a   Torres, Alessia ^a   Trapanese, Caterina ^a   Licata, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOIMPEDANCE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERVOLEMIA; IMPEDANCE; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL;

BODY FLUIDS; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 67049166996     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.05.008     Document Type: Letter

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