Frequency of major adverse cardiac events within one month of coronary angioplasty: A useful measure of operator performance

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1916-1923

  Lindsay Jr , Joseph ^a   Pinnow, Ellen E ^a   Pichard, Augusto D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPERATOR; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

EID: 0033430262     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00449-0     Document Type: Article

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