The American heart association's recommendations for expanding the applications of existing and future clinical registries: A policy statement from the American heart association

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 2167-2179

  Bufalino, Vincent J ^a   Masoudi, Frederick A ^a   Stranne, Steven K ^a   Horton, Katie ^a   Albert, Nancy M ^a   Beam, Craig ^a   Bonow, Robert O ^a   Davenport, Roger L ^a   Girgus, Meighan ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^a   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a   Legnini, Mark W ^a   Lewis, William R ^a   Nichol, Graham ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^a   Rosamond, Wayne ^a   Rumsfeld, John S ^a   Schwamm, Lee H ^a   Shahian, David M ^a   Spertus, John A ^a   Woodard, Pamela K ^a   Yancy, Clyde W ^a   more..

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Author keywords

AHA Scientific Statements; registries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL REGISTRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; REGISTER;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLICY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957508642     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3182181529     Document Type: Article

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