Killip and Forrester classifications: Should they be abandoned, kept, reevaluated, or modified?

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Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1223-1226

  Madias, J E ^a  

^a ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0034090503     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.5.1223     Document Type: Editorial

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