Effectiveness of Right Heart Catheterization: Time for a Randomized Trial

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 277, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-

  Spodick, David H ^a  

^a SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; NOTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWAN GANZ CATHETER;

CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0141585088     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1997.03540260027025     Document Type: Letter

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