A cost effective approach to the investigation of syncope: Relative merit of different diagnostic strategies

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 579-584

  Simpson, Christopher S ^a   Krahn, Andrew D ^a,c   Klein, George J ^a   Yee, Raymond ^a   Skanes, Allan C ^a   Manda, Ven ^b   Norris, Caro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Diagnosis; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HOLTER MONITORING; HYPOTHESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MODEL; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEES, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MEDLINE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0033023096     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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