Focused cardiac ultrasound is feasible in the general practice setting and alters diagnosis and management of cardiac disease

Echo Research and Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 63-69

  Yates, James ^a   Royse, Colin Forbes ^a,b   Royse, Carolyn ^c   Royse, Alistair George ^a,b   Canty, David Jeffrey ^a,b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Nillumbik and Research Medical Centre   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Monash University ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Echocardiography; Echocardiography and management; Feasibility; Hand carried ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOCUSED CARDIAC ULTRASOUND; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; SMOKING;

EID: 85023775972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20550464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/ERP-16-0026     Document Type: Article

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