TY - JOUR
T1 - Echocardiography performed by emergency physicians
T2 - Impact on diagnosis and therapy
AU - Mayron, Ray
AU - Gaudio, Frank Eugene
AU - Plummer, David
AU - Asinger, Richard
AU - Elsperger, Joseph
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1988/2
Y1 - 1988/2
N2 - Echocardiography is the "gold standard" for diagnosing many cardiac and pericardial abnormalities. It is noninvasive and accurate, but in most emergency departments is only as available as the technician or the cardiologist. We describe our experience in training emergency physicians to perform cardiac ultrasound, and clinical situations in which we have found echocardiography to be useful.
AB - Echocardiography is the "gold standard" for diagnosing many cardiac and pericardial abnormalities. It is noninvasive and accurate, but in most emergency departments is only as available as the technician or the cardiologist. We describe our experience in training emergency physicians to perform cardiac ultrasound, and clinical situations in which we have found echocardiography to be useful.
KW - echocardiography emergency physician
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U2 - 10.1016/S0196-0644(88)80301-9
DO - 10.1016/S0196-0644(88)80301-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 3337431
AN - SCOPUS:0023854253
SN - 0196-0644
VL - 17
SP - 150
EP - 154
JO - Annals of Emergency Medicine
JF - Annals of Emergency Medicine
IS - 2
ER -