Evaluation of systolic murmurs using transthoracic echocardiography by anaesthetic trainees

Anaesthesia

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 785-790

  Cowie, B ^a   Kluger, R ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SYSTOLIC MURMURS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80051796420     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06786.x     Document Type: Article

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