Does a waiting time for elective coronary angioplasty affect the primary success rate?

Heart

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 432-436

  Koch, Karel T ^a,b   Piek, Jan J ^a   David, George K ^a   Mulder, Karla ^a   Peters, Ron J G ^a   Lie, Kong I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Coronary artery disease; Patient selection; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0030947684     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.77.5.432     Document Type: Article

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