Structure and activities of adult congenital heart disease programmes in Europe

European Heart Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1305-1310

  Moons, Philip ^a,b   Meijboom, Folkert J ^c   Baumgartner, Helmut ^d   Trindade, Pedro T ^e   Huyghe, Els ^a   Kaemmerer, Harald ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORK; STAFF TRAINING; SURGEON;

ADULT; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY CARE UNITS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; EUROPE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 77953196415     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp551     Document Type: Note

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