Remote diagnosis of congenital heart disease in Southern Arizona: Comparison between tele-echocardiography and videotapes

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 736-742

  Haley, Jessica E ^a   Klewer, Scott E ^a   Barber, Brent J ^a   Meaney, F John ^a   Donnerstein, Richard L ^a   Weinstein, Ronald S ^b   Krupinski, Elizabeth ^b   Warda, Gregory ^c   Lopez, Ana Maria ^b   Lax, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Arizona Telemedicine Program   (United States)

^c Yuma Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiology cardiovascular disease; telehealth; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; MEDICAL CENTER; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REMOTE DIAGNOSIS; TELEHEALTH; UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA;

DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL COMPUTING; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEO RECORDING;

DIAGNOSIS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORONARY CARE UNIT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

ARIZONA; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL AUDIT; REMOTE CONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84871335405     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2012.0037     Document Type: Article

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