Fifth report on the provision of services for patients with heart disease

Heart

Volumn 88, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2002, Pages

  Hall, Roger ^a   More, Ranjit ^a   Camm, John ^b   Swanton, Howard ^b   Gray, Huon ^b   Flint, Jane ^b   Monro, James ^c   Keogh, Bruce ^c   Dunn, Frank ^b   Lewin, Olive ^b   Knight, Eve ^d   Riley, Jill ^e   Gibbs, John ^f   MacGregor, Catriona ^g   Simpson, Iain ^b   Davis, Mark ^h   Davis, Alan Maryon ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^b British Cardiac Society ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d Patient Representative   (United Kingdom)

^e British Association for Nursing in Cardiac Care   (United Kingdom)

^f British Paediatric Cardiac Association   (United Kingdom)

^g Society for Cardiac Technicians   (United Kingdom)

^h Primary Care Cardiovascular Society   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAT INTAKE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART REHABILITATION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSE; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AMBULATORY CARE; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY CARE UNITS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK; STATE MEDICINE; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 0036839683     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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