Training in Vascular Medicine for Vascular Surgeons-What Is It and How Will We Accomplish It?

Seminars in Vascular Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 200-204

  Plummer, Dahlia ^a   Macsata, Robyn ^a   Sidawy, Anton N ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSULTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LYMPHEDEMA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LYMPHEDEMA; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33845385124     PISSN: 08957967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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