Connecting the pieces of the cardiovascular care puzzle in Canada

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1114-1115

  Kaul, Padma ^b   Armstrong, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; TROPONIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY STENT; DATA BASE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; NOTE; STATISTICS;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CANADA; HEART DISEASES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0142088579     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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