When is it right to be wrong?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 427-429

  Thomas, Michael P ^a   Gurm, Hitinder S ^b   Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary angiography; institutional variability; patient selection; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; UNITED STATES;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; INSTITUTIONAL VARIABILITY; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84893298294     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.10.010     Document Type: Editorial

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