cardiac doppler punctuation...sm
Posted By: Sarah1114 on 2008-10-29
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The doc says this all the time and I'm not sure if it all runs together, or needs commas, etc.
"Normal mitral valve E to A ratio on tissue doppler E prime: A prime."
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