Referrals in acute coronary events for CARdiac catheterization: The RACE CAR trial

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Kreatsoulas, Catherine ^a   Sloane, Debi ^a   Pogue, Janice ^a   Velianou, James L ^a   Anand, Sonia S ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Cardiac catheterization; Decision making; Gender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UTILIZATION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CANADA; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77958479363     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(10)70436-0     Document Type: Article

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