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Published in: Pediatric Cardiology 3/2016

01-03-2016 | Letter To The Editor

Reliability of the Ultrasound Cardiac Output Monitor for Pediatric Patients

Authors: Joris Lemson, Shane M. Tibby

Published in: Pediatric Cardiology | Issue 3/2016

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Sir, with interest we read the recent study by Beltramo and colleagues regarding a validation study of the UScom device for measuring cardiac output in children [1]. We would like to compliment the authors with their work since validating these devices in children is important but difficult to perform. However, we have three remarks. …
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Metadata
Title
Reliability of the Ultrasound Cardiac Output Monitor for Pediatric Patients
Authors
Joris Lemson
Shane M. Tibby
Publication date
01-03-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Pediatric Cardiology / Issue 3/2016
Print ISSN: 0172-0643
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1971
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-016-1353-3

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