Echocardiographic score as a predictor of in-hospital cost in patients undergoing percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 790-794

  Eisenberg, Mark J ^a,b   Ballal, Raj ^a   Heidenreich, Paul A ^a   Brown, Kimberly J ^a   Griffin, Brian P ^a   Casale, Paul N ^a   Tuzcu, E Murat ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; COST CONTROL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; COST CONTROL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0030266940     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00423-7     Document Type: Article

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