Feasibility and reliability of point-of-care pocket-sized echocardiography

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 665-670

  Andersen, Garrett Newton ^a,b   Haugen, Bjørn Olav ^b,c   Graven, Torbjørn ^a   Salvesen, Øyvind ^b   Mjølstad, Ole Christian ^b,c   Dalen, Håvard ^a,b  

^a Levanger Hospital   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bedside; Echocardiography; Hand held; Pocket size; Point of care ultrasound; Screening

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HEART ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA; POINT OF CARE POCKET SIZED ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA EFFUSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855994109     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer108     Document Type: Article

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