Diagnostic patterns and temporal trends in the evaluation of adult patients hospitalized with syncope

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 1889-1895

  Pires, L A ^a   Ganji, J R ^a   Jarandila, R ^a   Steele, R ^a  

^a ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0034886721     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.161.15.1889     Document Type: Article

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