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. 2019 Aug 8;113(1):135-181.
doi: 10.5935/abc.20190129.

Position Statement on Indications of Echocardiography in Adults - 2019

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Silvio Henrique Barberato  1   2 , Minna Moreira Dias Romano  3 , Adenalva Lima de Souza Beck  4   5 , Ana Clara Tude Rodrigues  6 , André Luiz Cerqueira de Almeida  7 , Bruna Morhy Borges Leal Assunção  8   9 , Eliza de Almeida Gripp  10   11   12 , Fabio Villaça Guimarães Filho  13 , Henry Abensur  14 , José Maria Del Castillo  15 , Marcelo Haertel Miglioranza  5   16 , Marcelo Luiz Campos Vieira  17   18 , Márcio Vinicius Lins de Barros  19   20   21 , Maria do Carmo Pereira Nunes  22 , Maria Estefania Bosco Otto  4 , Renato de Aguiar Hortegal  14 , Rodrigo Bellio de Mattos Barretto  23 , Thais Harada Campos  24   25 , Vicente Nicoliello de Siqueira  26 , Samira Saady Morhy  18
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Position Statement on Indications of Echocardiography in Adults - 2019

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Silvio Henrique Barberato et al. Arq Bras Cardiol. .
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Echocardiographic evaluation after cardiac transplantation. *Graft dysfunction: confirmed on echocardiographic examination by dropping the ejection fraction by more than 10% to a value lower than 50%, compared to the baseline examination of the sixth month; §patients with graft dysfunction suspected or confirmed; clinical symptoms of a possible new cardiac abnormality; alterations in the resting electrocardiogram.
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