Relationship between physician and hospital coronary angioplasty volume and outcome in elderly patients

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2485-2491

  Jollis, James G ^a,b   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b   Nelson, Charlotte L ^a,b   Stafford, Judith A ^a,b   DeLong, Elizabeth R ^a   Muhlbaier, Lawrence H ^a,b   Mark, Daniel B ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

angioplasty; bypass; morbidity; mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030921329     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.11.2485     Document Type: Article

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