Diagnostic accuracy of echocardiography for pulmonary hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 612-622

  Janda, Surinder ^a   Shahidi, Neal ^a   Gin, Kenneth ^a   Swiston, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA EXTRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBASE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LUNG PRESSURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952816766     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.212084     Document Type: Review

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