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European Heart Journal 2002 23(7):523-527; doi:10.1053/euhj.2001.2800
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Reviews

A personal ultrasound imager (ultrasound stethoscope). A revolution in the physical cardiac diagnosis!

J.R.T.C Roelandtf1

Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcentre, Erasmus University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

revised May 14, 2001; accepted May 16, 2001

Key Words: Ultrasound stethoscopy, small personal ultrasound device, hand-held ultrasound imager, physical examination, limited echocardiography, focussed echocardiography

f1 Correspondence: J.R.T.C. Roelandt, MD, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, Department of Cardiology, H 538, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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