Right answer, wrong question: On the clinical relevance of the cardiovascular history

Circulation

Volumn 124, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 2377-2379

  Diamond, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

chest pain; diagnosis; Editorials; epidemiology; history; tomography

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MUSCULOSKELETAL CHEST PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; REGISTRIES;

EID: 82355171761     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.068718     Document Type: Review

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