Improved clinical outcome after widespread use of coronary-artery stenting in Canada

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 341, Issue 26, 1999, Pages 1957-1965

  Rankin, James M ^a   Spinelli, John J ^b   Carere, Ronald G ^c   Ricci, Donald R ^a   Penn, Ian M ^a   Hilton, J David ^d   Henderson, Mark A ^e   Hayden, Robert I ^e   Buller, Christopher E ^a,f  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b British Columbian Cardiac Registries   (Canada)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d ROYAL JUBILEE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Interventional Cardiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CANADA; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033599046     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199912233412602     Document Type: Article

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