Rightsizing invasive cardiac services in the United States

Circulation

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 780-782

  Joynt, Karen E ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; UNITED STATES;

EDITORIALS; ETHICS;

CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION;

EID: 84882907056     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.004718     Document Type: Editorial

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