Reproducibility of syntax score: From core lab to real world

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 302-306

  Ibrahim, Tanboga H ^a   Mehmet, Ekinci ^a   Turgay, Isik ^a   Mustafa, Kurt ^a   Ahmet, Kaya ^a   Serdar, Sevimli ^b  

^a Erzurum Education and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; INTRAOBSERVER VARIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNTAX SCORE;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80051551749     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2011.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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