American Society of Echocardiography recommendations for use of echocardiography in clinical trials.

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Published in J Am Soc Echocardiogr on October 01, 2004

Authors

John S Gottdiener1, James Bednarz, Richard Devereux, Julius Gardin, Allan Klein, Warren J Manning, Annitta Morehead, Dalane Kitzman, Jae Oh, Miguel Quinones, Nelson B Schiller, James H Stein, Neil J Weissman, American Society of Echocardiography

Author Affiliations

1: University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore, USA.

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Assessment of Pulmonary Artery Pressure and Right Sided Hemodynamics in Patients With OSA Before and After CPAP TTT | NCT03276611

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