Methodological approach for the assessment of ultrasound reproducibility of cardiac structure and function: A proposal of the study group of Echocardiography of the Italian Society of Cardiology (Ultra Cardia SIC) Part i

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Galderisi, Maurizio ^a   Nistri, Stefano ^b   Mondillo, Sergio ^c   Losi, Maria Angela ^a   Innelli, Pasquale ^d   Mele, Donato ^e   Muraru, Denisa ^f   D'Andrea, Antonello ^g   Ballo, Piercarlo ^h   Sgalambro, Aurelio ⁱ   Esposito, Roberta ^a   Marti, Giuliano ^j   Santoro, Alessandro ^a   Agricola, Eustachio ^k   Badano, Luigi P ^f   Marchioli, Roberto ^l   Filardi, Pasquale ^l   Mercuro, Giuseppe ^l   Marino, Paolo ^l  

^a FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CMSR Veneto Medica   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d Division of Cardiology   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^h SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^k SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l Italian Society of Cardiology   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Clinical trials; Doppler echocardiography; Echo core laboratory; Quality control; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CARDIOLOGY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ULTRASOUND; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART; HUMAN; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

CARDIOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART; HUMANS; ITALY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80055026251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-9-26     Document Type: Article

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