Physician procedure volume and complications of cardioverter-defibrillator implantation

Circulation

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-64

  Freeman, James V ^a   Wang, Yongfei ^b   Curtis, Jeptha P ^b   Heidenreich, Paul A ^c   Hlatky, Mark A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

defibrillation; epidemiology; morbidity; mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; WORKLOAD;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; PHYSICIANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855396290     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.046995     Document Type: Article

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