Job matters: Differences in risk assessment of percutaneous aortic valve replacement between cardiologists and cardiac surgeons

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 465-468

  Grebel, Thomas ^a   Schumm, Julia ^b  

^a Department of Economics ^*  (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balloon valvuloplasty; Heart valves; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBOLISM; GERMANY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERCUTANEOUS AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL INJURY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; BALLOON DILATATION; CARDIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; THORAX SURGERY;

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BALLOON DILATATION; CARDIOLOGY; GERMANY; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 77949532863     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.108.828525     Document Type: Article

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