2012 American College of Cardiology Foundation/Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Expert Consensus Document on Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Standards Update

Journal of the American College of Cardiology - Tập 59 Số 24 - Trang 2221-2305 - 2012
Thomas M. Bashore, Stephen Balter, Ana Barac, John G. Byrne, Jeffrey J. Cavendish, Charles E. Chambers, James Hermiller, Scott Kinlay, Joel S. Landzberg, Warren K. Laskey, Charles R. McKay, Julie M. Miller, David J. Moliterno1, John W. Moore, Sandra Oliver-McNeil, Jeffrey J. Popma, Carl L. Tommaso
1ACCF Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents Representative

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