Barriers to clinical risk scores adoption

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1045-1046

  Manfrini, Olivia ^a   Bugiardini, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSENSUS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

CORONARY DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34548354681     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm084     Document Type: Editorial

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