ACCF/AHA/SCAI 2007 Update of the Clinical Competence Statement on Cardiac Interventional Procedures. A Report

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-108

  King III, Spencer B ^a   Aversano, Thomas ^a   Ballard, William L ^a   Beekman III, Robert H ^a   Cowley, Michael J ^a   Ellis, Stephen G ^a   Faxon, David P ^a   Hannan, Edward L ^a   Hirshfeld Jr , John W ^a,a   Jacobs, Alice K ^a   Kellett Jr , Mirle A ^a   Kimmel, Stephen E ^a   Landzberg, Joel S ^a   McKeever, Louis S ^a   Moscucci, Mauro ^a   Pomerantz, Richard M ^a   Smith, Karen M ^a   Vetrovec, George W ^a   Creager, Mark A ^a   Holmes Jr , David R ^a   Newby, L Kristin ^a   Weitz, Howard H ^a   Merli, Geno ^a   Piña, Ileana ^a   Rodgers, George P ^a   Tracy, Cynthia M ^a   more..

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CORONARY ARTERY PERFORATION; DEATH; DEVICE; EVOLUTION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MITRAL VALVE COMMISSUROTOMY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TRAINING; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VALVULOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250755488     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.05.006     Document Type: Review

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