We are ready, willing, and able: The interventional cardiology community: But we have two hands tied behind our back

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 699-700

  Heuser, Richard R ^a,b,c  

^a St Luke's Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

CARDIOLOGIST; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RECANALIZATION;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOLOGY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMBOLECTOMY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65549142806     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22037     Document Type: Note

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