Can we start to think about consensus-oriented clinical practices?

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 19, Issue E-SUPP. 1, 2009, Pages 1-3

  Lopes, Antonio Augusto ^a,c   Rabinovitch, Marlene ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Pediatric cardiac surgery; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary vascular disease; Pulmonary vascular resistance; Pulmonary vasodilators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONSENSUS; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEIN; STANDARD; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEINS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 68949204930     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951109003862     Document Type: Article

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