Analysis of the frequency of interventional cardiology in various European countries

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 74-76

  Faulkner, Keith ^a   Werduch, A ^b  

^a Quality Assurance Reference Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICS;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; STENTS;

EID: 55249102418     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn020     Document Type: Article

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