Effectiveness of Right Heart Catheterization: Time for a Randomized Trial

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 277, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 110-

  Beale, R J ^a   Wyncoll, D ^a   Mcluckie, A ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; NOTE; RISK; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; TIME; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE;

CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; RISK; TIME FACTORS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE;

EID: 0031558969     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1997.03540260024017     Document Type: Letter

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