Relation of operator volume and experience to procedural outcome of percutaneous coronary revascularization at hospitals with high interventional volumes

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2479-2484

  Ellis, Stephen G ^a   Weintraub, William ^b   Holmes, David ^c   Shaw, Richard ^d   Block, Peter C ^e   King III, Spencer B ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d Research and Operations San Francisco Heart Institute   (United States)

^e Vincent Hospital's Heart Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

angioplasty; coronary disease; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; DATA BASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; QUALITY CONTROL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0030923225     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.11.2479     Document Type: Article

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