Improving Clinical Practice Guidelines for Practicing Cardiologists

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1773-1776

  Benhorin, Jesaia ^a   Bodenheimer, Monty ^b   Brown, Mary ^c   Case, Robert ^d   Dwyer, Edward M ^e   Eberly, Shirley ^c   Francis, Charles ^c   Gillespie, John A ^f   Goldstein, Robert E ^g   Greenberg, Henry ^h   Haigney, Mark ^g   Krone, Ronald J ⁱ   Klein, Helmut ^j   Lichstein, Edgar ^k   Locati, Emanuela ^l   Marcus, Frank I ^m   Moss, Arthur J ^c   Oakes, David ^c   Ryan, Daniel H ^c   Bloch Thomsen, Poul E ⁿ   Zareba, Wojciech ^c   more..

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Upstate New York School of Medicine   (United States)

^g UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^h Department of Medicine   (United States)

ⁱ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^k MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

ⁿ AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOLOGIST; CONSULTATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RACE; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CARDIOLOGY; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CARDIOLOGY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84930178460     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.03.026     Document Type: Note

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