Junior medical student performed focused cardiac ultrasound after brief training to detect significant valvular heart disease
Background: Focused cardiac ultrasound (FOCUS) examination using a portable device is increasingly used for bedside diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases. This is a 4-week pilot project aiming to teach medical students to perform FOCUS to detect valvular heart lesions. Methods: Patients undergoing ro...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-06-01
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Series: | International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352906718300356 |