Comparison of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty outcome and hospital costs for low-volume and high-volume operators

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 331-336

  Shook, Thomas L ^a   Sun, Guo Wen ^a,b   Burstein, Steven ^a   Eisenhauer, Andrew C ^a   Matthews, Ray V ^a  

^a GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BC McCabe Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030064941     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)89359-9     Document Type: Article

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