Operator volume and outcomes in 12,988 percutaneous coronary interventions

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 570-576

  McGrath, Paul D ^a   Wennberg, David E ^a,b   Malenka, David J ^b   Kellett Jr , Mirle A ^a   Ryan Jr , Thomas J ^a   O'Meara, John R ^a   Bradley, William A ^c   Hearne, Michael J ^c   Hettleman, Bruce ^b   Robb, John F ^b   Shubrooks, Samuel ^d   Verlee, Peter ^e   Watkins, Matthew W ^f   Lucas, Francis L ^a   O'Connor, Gerald T ^b  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^c Elliot Hospital   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE MIX; COMPETENCE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032030867     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00541-X     Document Type: Article

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