Improved wait times for coronary revascularization: cause to celebrate spotting the iceberg in time or time to look under the surface?
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Improved Wait Times for Coronary Revascularization: Cause to Celebrate Spotting the Iceberg in Time or Time to Look Under the Surface? Blair J. O’Neill, MD, FRCPC, and Christopher S. Simpson, MD, FRCPC a Cardiology Division, University of Alberta, and Cardiology Section, Edmonton Zone, Alberta Health Services, Alberta, Canada b Division of Cardiology, Queen’s University, Cardiac Program, Kingston General Hospital and Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Canadian journal of cardiology
دوره 27 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011