Cost – Benefit Analysis of Focused Pre-Operative Transthoracic Echocardiography in the Pre-Operative Clinic in Patients at Increased Cardiac Risk Presenting for Non-Cardiac Surgery – A Pilot Study
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C l i n M e d International Library Citation: Neale D, Williams D, Canty D (2015) Cost – Benefit Analysis of Focused Pre-Operative Transthoracic Echocardiography in the Pre-Operative Clinic in Patients at Increased Cardiac Risk Presenting for Non-Cardiac Surgery – A Pilot Study. Int J Anesthetic Anesthesiol 2:023. doi.org/10.23937/2377-4630/2/1/1023 Received: January 24, 2015: Accepted: March 11, 2015: Published: March 13, 2015 Copyright: © 2015 Neale D. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Neale et al. Int J Anesthetic Anesthesiol 2015, 2:023
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