Variation among cardiologists in the utilization of right heart catheterization at time of coronary angiography

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-130

  Malone, Michael L ^a   Bajwa, Tanvir K ^b   Battiola, Richard J ^b   Fortsas, Michael ^b   Aman, Saleem ^b   Solomon, David J ^b   Goodwin, James S ^b  

^a AURORA SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clinical practice variations; Heart catheterization; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING;

ADOLESCENT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030043987     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199602)37:2<125::AID-CCD4>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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