American College of Cardiology report on ECGEXAM

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 466-468

  Mason, Jay W ^a,c   Hancock, E William ^a   Saunders Jr , Donald E ^a   Schuger, Claudio D ^a   Griffin, Jerry C ^a   Kennedy, Harold L ^a   Buxton, Alfred E ^a   Mittal, Nisha ^b  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

^b American College Testing Incorporated   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STANDARDIZATION;

CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0031037338     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00564-5     Document Type: Short Survey

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