Appropriateness of diagnostic and therapeutic pathways in patients with vascular disease

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 397-424

  Andreozzi, G M ^a,e   Visona A ^b   Parisi, R ^c   Arosio, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ULSS 8 Asolo   (Italy)

^c ULSS 13   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY OCCLUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; ITALY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; VASCULAR DISEASES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34447506507     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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