Paved with good intentions and marred by half-truths

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 416-417

  Pinto, Duane S ^a   Pride, Yuri B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cause of death; coronary intervention; mortality; public reporting; risk avoidance

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANEURYSM; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY PERFORATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLEEDING; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MORTALITY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC REPORTING; RISK REDUCTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENT THROMBOSIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84880611822     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.04.026     Document Type: Editorial

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