Care of acute myocardial infarction by noninvasive and invasive cardiologists: Procedure use, cost and outcome

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 262-269

  Di Salvo, Thomas G ^a   Paul, Sumita D ^a   Lloyd Jones, Donald ^a   Smith, A J Conrad ^a   Villarreal Levy, Geraldo ^a   Bamezai, Vitasta ^a   Hussain, Syed Iftikhas ^a   Eagle, Kim A ^b   O'Gara, Patrick T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0030067076     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(95)00488-2     Document Type: Article

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