Comparison of the Clinical Application of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Society of Echocardiography Appropriateness Criteria for Outpatient Transthoracic Echocardiography in Academic and Community Practice Settings

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1375-1381

  Ward, R Parker ^a   Krauss, Daniel ^a   Mansour, Ibrahim N ^a   Lemieux, Nicole ^a   Gera, Nitin ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Appropriateness Criteria; Echocardiography; Transthoracic echocardiography; Use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMMUNITY CARE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AMBULATORY CARE; CHICAGO; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE;

EID: 70549104880     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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