Diagnostic accuracy of pocket-size handheld echocardiographs used by cardiologists in the acute care setting

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-42

  Testuz, Ariane ^a   Müller, Hajo ^a   Keller, Pierre Frédéric ^a   Meyer, Philippe ^a   Stampfli, Tomoe ^a   Sekoranja, Lucka ^a   Vuille, Cédric ^a   Burri, Haran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute cardiac care; Pocket size echocardiographs; Vscan

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; IMAGE QUALITY; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

AORTIC VALVE; CARDIOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MINIATURIZATION; MITRAL VALVE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 84871212208     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jes085     Document Type: Article

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