Safety of percutaneous left heart catheterization directly performed by cardiology fellows: A cohort analysis

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 248-252

  Agostoni, Pierfrancesco ^a   Anselmi, Maurizio ^b   Gasparini, Gabriele ^b   Morando, Giorgio ^b   Tosi, Paolo ^b   De Benedictis, M Luisa ^b   Quintarelli, Silvia ^b   Molinari, Gionata ^b   Zardini, Piero ^b   Turri, Marco ^b  

^a MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CARDIOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGED; CARDIOLOGY; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY;

EID: 33747086623     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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