Use of simulators in vascular training

Heart

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 613-614

  Van Herzeele, Isabelle ^a,b   Aggarwal, Rajesh ^a   Malik, Iqbal ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR;

CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; PATIENT SIMULATION; RADIOLOGY; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 64749109408     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.160721     Document Type: Editorial

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