Improving adherence to guidelines for acute stroke management

Circulation

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-18

  Dippel, Diederik W J ^a,b   Simoons, Maarten L ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59049098099     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.821470     Document Type: Editorial

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