Diagnostic utility and clinical usefulness of the pocket echocardiographic device

Echocardiography

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Michalski, Błej ^a   Kasprzak, Jarosław D ^a   Szymczyk, Ewa ^a   Lipiec, Piotr ^a  

^a Medical University of Lodz Bieganski Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

color Doppler; diagnostic imagining tools; systolic function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORPHOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84855995801     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01553.x     Document Type: Article

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