The Last Mile: Improving Patient Outcomes within Modern Cardiovascular Medicine

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2008, Pages

  Chew, Derek P ^a,b  

^a Flinders University ^*

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular care; Clinical effectiveness

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56949102364     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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