The importance of training in echocardiography: A validation study using pocket echocardiography

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 700-707

  Prinz, Christian ^a   Dohrmann, Jelena ^a   Van Buuren, Frank ^a   Bitter, Thomas ^a   Bogunovic, Nikola ^a   Horstkotte, Dieter ^a   Faber, Lothar ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

education; hand held ultrasound scanner; image quality; pocket echocardiography; training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND HELD ULTRASOUND SCANNER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART DISEASES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869877417     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: 15582035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328356a55f     Document Type: Article

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