Treating the right patient at the right time: Access to echocardiography in Canada

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1029-1033

  Munt, B ^a   O'Neill, B J ^b   Koilpillai, C ^c   Gin, K ^d   Jue, J ^d   Honos, G ^e  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Health policy; Wait times

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HEART VALVE STENOSIS; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT CARE; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 33751249289     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(06)70318-X     Document Type: Article

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