Echocardiography technicians in our echo labs: An essential challenge
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echocardiography, ecEhocardiography technicianAbstract
In this article, the authors analyze the role of the echocardiography technician in the imaging laboratory and explain how it is not only a fundamental figure but also the only viable strategy to face a demand for increasing number studies that is difficult to manage.
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