The foundation and launch of the Melbourne Interventional Goup: A collaborative interventional cardiology project

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-47

  Ajani, Andrew E ^a   Szto, G ^b   Duffy, S J ^c   Eccleston, D ^a,h,i   Clark, D J ^d   Lefkovits, J ^a   Chew, D P ^e   Warren, R ^a   Black, A ^f   New, G ^g   Walton, A ^h   Lew, R ^b   Shaw, J ^c   Horrigan, M ^d   Sebastian, M ^e   Yan, B P ^a   Brennan, A ⁱ   Meehan, A ⁱ   Reid, C ⁱ   Krum, H ⁱ  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FRANKSTON HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Melbourne and Flinders Hospital ^*  (Australia)

^f GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coronary stents; Percutaneous coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGISTER;

EID: 33644816415     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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