Coronary angioplasty volume-outcome relationships for hospitals and cardiologists

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 892-898

  Hannan, Edward L ^a   Racz, Michael ^a   Ryan, Thomas J ^b   McCallister, Ben D ^c   Johnson, Lewis W ^d   Arani, Djavad T ^e   Guerci, Alan D ^f   Sosa, Julio ^g   Topol, Eric J ^h  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^f ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Albany Associates in Cardiology   (United States)

^h LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030898397     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.11.892     Document Type: Article

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