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RE: applicability, limitations and downstream impact of echocardiography utilization based on the appropriateness use criteria for transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography

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    Ali Gholamrezanezhad & Sahar Mirpour

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Gholamrezanezhad, A., Mirpour, S. RE: applicability, limitations and downstream impact of echocardiography utilization based on the appropriateness use criteria for transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 28, 1959–1960 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-012-0028-2

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