How many cath labs do we need?

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 827-829

  Hackett, David ^a  

^a Hemel Hempstead General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONSULTATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0041666568     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.8.827     Document Type: Editorial

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