Focus cardiac ultrasound: The European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging viewpoint

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 956-960

  Neskovic, Aleksandar N ^a   Edvardsen, Thor ^b   Galderisi, Maurizio ^c   Garbi, Madalina ^d   Gullace, Giuseppe ^e   Jurcut, Ruxandra ^f   Dalen, Havard ^g,h   Hagendorff, Andreas ⁱ   Lancellotti, Patrizio ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Azienda Ospedaliera della Provincia di Lecco   (Italy)

^f CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^g NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^h Levanger Hospital   (Norway)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

EACVI; Focus cardiac; Ultrasound; Viewpoint

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906880540     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeu081     Document Type: Article

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