Cost of diagnosis and treatment of syncope in patients admitted to a cardiology unit

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 122-127

  Barón Esquivias, Gonzalo ^a,b   Moreno, Silvia Gómez ^a   Martínez, Ángel ^a   Pedrote, Alonso ^a   Vázquez, Francisco ^a   Granados, Carlos ^a   Bollaín, Enrique ^a   Lage, Ernesto ^a   de la Llera, Luis Díaz ^a   Rodríguez, María J ^a   Errázquin, Francisco ^a   Burgos, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Diagnosis; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CORONARY CARE UNITS; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745233058     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euj035     Document Type: Article

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