Italian Chapter of the International Society of cardiovascular ultrasound expert consensus document on training requirements for noncardiologists using hand-carried ultrasound devices

Echocardiography

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 745-750

  Pelliccia, Francesco ^a   Palmiero, Pasquale ^b   Maiello, Maria ^b   Losi, Maria Angela ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b AS Department of Cardiology   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

consensus document; hand carried ultrasound devices; noncardiologists; teaching; training

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONSULTATION; CORONARY CARE UNIT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART VALVE STENOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; STANDARD; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

CARDIOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; ITALY; RADIOLOGY;

EID: 84863724291     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2012.01720.x     Document Type: Article

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