Transferring diagnosis versus actual diagnosis at a center for thoracic aortic disease

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1957-1960

  Beaver, Thomas M ^a,b   Herrbold, Francis N ^a   Hess Jr , Philip J ^a   Klodell, Charles T ^a   Martin, Tomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EXPERIENCE; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPERATING ROOM; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 20444429073     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.12.044     Document Type: Article

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