Syncope Management Guidelines at work: First steps towards assessing clinical utility

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-9

  Benditt, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PERFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYNCOPE;

HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SYNCOPE;

EID: 28944431770     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi626     Document Type: Review

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