Patient Pathways in the Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Disease
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 196
Special Issue Editor
Interests: cardiology; cardiovascular disease; cardiovascular epidemiology; cardiovascular pharmacology; patient pathways; care pathways; statistical analysis; systematic reviews; meta-analysis; observational studies; research methods
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We have the pleasure to invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue on "Patient Pathways in the Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Disease". Ideally, patients with cardiovascular disease develop symptoms, visit practitioners who then make the correct diagnosis, arrange for tests to confirm the diagnosis and appropriate treatment can be instigated. However, in real world settings, patients may not visit medical professionals when they have symptoms, the patient may visit a professional who may lack the expertise to make the correct diagnosis, or misdiagnosis may occur, especially in the context of patients with atypical symptoms. The delay to optimal treatment may have serious consequences for the patients, with a subsequent negative impact on health services and society. We intend to establish a collection of excellent publications around this theme and provide a venue for networking and communication between scholars in the field of cardiovascular diagnosis, misdiagnosis, and patient pathways. Original research articles, reviews, short communications, case reports, and interesting images are welcome, as well as either clinical or basic research. All papers will be fully open access upon publication after peer review.
Dr. Chun Shing Kwok
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cardiovascular disease
- diagnosis
- symptom
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