Appropriate Use of Transthoracic Echocardiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1640-1642

  Rao, Gowtham ^a   Sajnani, Nitin ^a   Kusnetzky, Lisa L ^a   Main, Michael L ^a  

^a SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; DYSPNEA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SYMPTOM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MISSOURI; OUTPATIENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77952552158     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.01.026     Document Type: Article

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