Evaluation of appropriate use of transthoracic echocardiography in 1,820 consecutive patients using the 2011 revised appropriate use criteria for echocardiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1814-1817

  Patil, Harshal R ^a   Coggins, Tina R ^a   Kusnetzky, Lisa L ^a   Main, Michael L ^a  

^a SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84861643898     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.02.025     Document Type: Article

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