Coronary angiography in Lebanon: Use and overuse
| Autor: | Georges A. Saade, Abla M. Sibai, Rania A. Tohme |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Coronary angiography
Cardiac Catheterization medicine.medical_specialty Cardiac Care Facilities business.industry medicine.medical_treatment education Gold standard Coronary arteriography Coronary Angiography medicine.disease Coronary artery disease Internal medicine Emergency medicine medicine Cardiology Humans population characteristics Lebanon Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business National data Cardiac catheterization |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Cardiology. 125:422-424 |
| ISSN: | 0167-5273 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.01.051 |
| Popis: | Coronary angiography remains the gold standard for coronary artery disease diagnosis. In Lebanon, the density of cardiac catheterization centers is almost three times that of France (9.32 vs. 2.92 per 1,000,000 individuals) and recently collated national data indicate notably a high utilization rate of 53 per 10,000 individuals, placing Lebanon third after the United States and Germany. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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