Editorial: How many patients? How many doctors?

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2231-2233

  Hoffman, Julien I E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adult congenital heart disease; Editorials; mortality

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BELGIUM; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

BELGIUM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PHYSICIANS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650167792     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.989350     Document Type: Editorial

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