Utility of physical examination and comparison to echocardiography for cardiac diagnosis
Objective: To find out the accuracy of cardiac auscultation using non-digital stethoscope in physical diagnosis of cardiac diseases. Methods: We enrolled 104 consecutive patients with abnormal cardiac auscultatory findings attending cardiology clinic and not previously evaluated by echocardiography....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-03-01
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Series: | Indian Heart Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001948321630325X |