Hand-carried echocardiography in heart failure and heart failure risk population: A community based prospective study

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-131

  Lipczyńska, Magdalena ^a   Szymański, Piotr ^a   Klisiewicz, Anna ^a   Hoffman, Piotr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Community; Hand carried echocardiography; Heart failure; Internist

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIATURIZATION; POLAND; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79551508978     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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