Operator volume and outcome of patients undergoing coronary stent placement

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 970-976

  Kastrati, Adnan ^a   Neumann, Franz Josef ^a   Schömig, Albert ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032192132     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00334-9     Document Type: Article

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