Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 12 , Pages 1375-1381 , December 2009

Comparison of the Clinical Application of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Society of Echocardiography Appropriateness Criteria for Outpatient Transthoracic Echocardiography in Academic and Community Practice Settings

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 This study was sponsored by a grant from the American Society of Echocardiography.

PII: S0894-7317(09)00724-X

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.08.005

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 12 , Pages 1375-1381 , December 2009

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