A comparison of U.S. and Canadian cardiac catheterization practices in detecting severe coronary artery disease after myocardial infarction: Efficiency, yield and long-term implications

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-19

  Batchelor, Wayne B ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^a   Mark, Daniel B ^a   Knight, J David ^a   Granger, Christopher B ^a   Armstrong, Paul W ^b   Califf, Robert M ^a  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033165553     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00174-6     Document Type: Article

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