Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound Use and Barriers Among Adult Hospitalists at an Academic Center

Jorge E Licano1, Daniel R Peverini1, Abdelrahman M Yousef1

  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

JACC. Case Reports
|March 31, 2026
PubMed
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