Consequence of overuse of invasive coronary angiography

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 709-

  Stillman, E ^a   Woodard, Pamela K ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79955082380     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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