How compliant are we with guidelines for coronary angiography in clinical practice?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 699-704

  Leung, D Y ^a,b   Hallani, H ^a   Lo, S T ^a   Hopkins, A P ^a   Juergens, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adherence; Compliance; Coronary angiography; Guideline

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 34748894220     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01390.x     Document Type: Article

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