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European Journal of Echocardiography 2004 5(6):401-402; doi:10.1016/j.euje.2004.10.003
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Copyright © 2004, The European Society of Cardiology

The cardiologist's view

C.J. Bruce

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Dr. Sloth raises several important issues worthy of consideration. Hand-carried ultrasound (HCU) devices provide an opportunity for widespread application of echocardiography (and ultrasound imaging in general) at the point-of-care permitting earlier diagnosis, triage and therapy.1 Moreover, the introduction of this technology comes at a time when the focus of medicine is shifting from cure to prevention necessitating earlier diagnosis often long before disease is clinically manifest. Examples include detection of asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction and abdominal aortic . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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