Feasibility and clinical implementation of hand-held echocardiography

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-54

  Dalen, Håvard ^a,b   Haugen, Bjorn Olav ^b,c   Graven, Torbjorn ^a  

^a Levanger Hospital   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

hand held; miniaturize; pocket size; practice; strategy; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POCKET SIZE HAND HELD ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC DEVICE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; REVIEW; WORKFLOW;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MINIATURIZATION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84871544374     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erc.12.165     Document Type: Review

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