The case for a specialist multidisciplinary valve clinic

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-4

  Chambers, John B ^a   Lloyd, Guy ^b   Rimington, Helen M ^a   Parkin, Denise ^a   Hayes, Anna M ^a   Baldrock Apps, Gemma ^b   Topham, Ann ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b EASTBOURNE DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DATA BASE; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RADIOLOGIST; SPECIALIST MULTIDISCIPLINARY VALVE CLINIC; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84860337436     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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