Cost-efficacy modeling of functional testing with perfusion imaging to detect asymptomatic restenosis following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 352-356

  Mak, Koon Hou ^a   Eisenberg, Mark J ^b   Shaw, Jason ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost efficacy; Functional testing; PTCA; Restenosis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART PERFUSION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0032706832     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(199912)48:4<352::AID-CCD4>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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