Do guidelines influence practice?

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 349-352

  Armstrong, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0037372491     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.3.349     Document Type: Review

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