Limited bedside echocardiography by emergency physicians for diagnosis of diastolic heart failure

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 280-283

  Ünlüer, Erol Erden ^a   Bayata, Serdar ^a   Postaci, Nursen ^a   Yesxil, Murat ^a   Yavasxi, Özcan ^a   Kara, Pinar Hanife ^a   Vandenberk, Nergis ^a   Akay, Serhat ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEDSIDE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOLOGIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAFF TRAINING;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, DIASTOLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84858797848     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2011.111229     Document Type: Article

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