Use and overuse of left ventriculography

American Heart Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Witteles, Ronald M ^a   Knowles, Joshua W ^a   Perez, Marco ^a   Morris, William M ^b   Spettell, Claire M ^b   Brennan, Troyen A ^b,c   Heidenreich, Paul A ^a,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AETNA   (United States)

^c CVS Caremark   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860111600     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

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