Cardiologists' perception of risk of coronary revascularization procedures

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 338-341

  Vaitkus, Paul T ^a   Witmer, William T ^a   Adele, Chituru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030838949     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00357-3     Document Type: Article

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