The pocket echocardiograph: a useful new tool?
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The pocket echocardiograph: a useful new tool?
AIMS Hand-carried ultrasound scanners are getting smaller. The Acuson P10 is the latest and smallest portable echocardiograph available on the market. METHODS AND RESULTS We tested the ability of this scanner to allow qualitative assessment of LV size and function in an unselected group of 30 patients [19 male, 11 female; mean age (SD) 64.7 (10.3) years] seen by a consultant cardiologist (acc...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
سال: 2008
ISSN: 2047-2412,2047-2404
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen177