Accuracy of cardiac auscultation in the era of Doppler-echocardiography: A comparison between cardiologists and internists

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 308-310

  Sztajzel, Juan M ^a   Picard Kossovsky, Michel ^a   Lerch, René ^a   Vuille, Cédric ^a   Sarasin, François P ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Cardiac auscultation; Cardiologists; Internists; Residents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 74649087014     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.06.066     Document Type: Article

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