Echocardiography in heart failure: A guide for general practice

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 904-909

  Prior, David ^a   Coller, Jennifer ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart diseases; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS;

EID: 78650228732     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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