Are internists and cardiologists two of the same kind?

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-2

  Bar F W H M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EDITORIAL; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; Q WAVE; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0037303314     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-6205(02)00205-4     Document Type: Editorial

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