Last-minute preoperative cardiology consultations: Epidemiology and impact

American Heart Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-249

  Dudley, Jessica C ^a   Brandenburg, Jennifer A ^a   Hartley, L Howard ^a   Harris, Sheila ^a   Lee, Thomas H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030045260     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90348-8     Document Type: Article

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