Utility Contrast Echocardiography in the Emergency Department
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Role of Echocardiography in the Emergency Department
Many patients visit the emergency department (ED) with a chief complaint of chest pain. These patients require rapid and efficient triage to decide whether they require hospitalization or can be discharged. It is important to allocate resources appropriately to the highest-risk patients who require timely life-saving therapy, and clinicians must be able to identify the cause of chest pain, espe...
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عنوان ژورنال: JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1936-878X
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.09.019