Cost-efficacy modeling of catheter reuse for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 106-111

  Mak, Koon Hou ^a,b   Eisenberg, Mark J ^a   Eccleston, David S ^a   Brown, Kimberly J ^a   Ellis, Stephen G ^a   Topol, Eric J ^a,c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c Department of Cardiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030198960     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00097-6     Document Type: Article

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