Assessment of primary care physicians' use of a pocket ultrasound device™ to measure left ventricular mass in patients with hypertension

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 706-712

  Bornemann, Paul ^a   Johnson, Jeremy ^a   Tiglao, Samuel ^a   Moghul, Amina ^a   Swain, Sheila ^a   Bornemann, Gina ^a   Lustik, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Left ventricular hypertrophy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POCKET ULTRASOUND DEVICE; PORTABLE ULTRASOUND SCANNER; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGED; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICES; ECHOGRAPHY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE TESTING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84946402701     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.06.140314     Document Type: Article

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