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The pocket echocardiograph: a useful new tool?
Margaret Egan and A. Ionescu
European Journal of Echocardiography 2008 9(6):721-725
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Using a recently launched ‘pocket’ ultrasound scanner, an echo-trained cardiologist can estimate global left ventricular size and ejection fraction in more than three quarters of an unselected population of cardiac patients presenting to a tertiary centre.