Paediatric heart care in India

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 984-990

  Kumar, Raman Krishna ^a   Shrivastava, S ^b  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ESCORTS HEART INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTOPULMONARY SHUNT; AWARENESS; BODY MASS; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY; FUNDING; GLENN SHUNT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INDIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MYOCARDITIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PACEMAKER; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SURGEON;

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 47849100456     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.139360     Document Type: Review

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