Usefulness of a hand-held ultrasound device for bedside examination of left ventricular function.
Kimura
Bruce J
BJ
Department of Cardiology, Scripps-Mercy Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA. kimura.bruce@scrippshealth.org
Amundson
Stan A
SA
Willis
Casey L
CL
Gilpin
Elizabeth A
EA
DeMaria
Anthony N
AN
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002140:California; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004452:Echocardiography; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000592:standards; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*