Implementation of echocardiography core laboratory best practices: A case study of the PARTNER i trial

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 348-358.e3

  Douglas, Pamela S ^a   Waugh, Robert A ^a   Bloomfield, Gerald ^a   Dunn, Gary ^a   Davis, Lagia ^a   Hahn, Rebecca T ^b   Pibarot, Philippe ^c   Stewart, William J ^d   Weissman, Neil J ^e   Hueter, Irene ^f   Siegel, Robert ^g   Lerakis, Stamatios ^h   Miller, D Craig ⁱ   Smith, Craig R ^b   Leon, Martin B ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Core laboratory; Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 84875493388     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2013.01.013     Document Type: Article

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