Gender differences in the patterns of coronary angiography and PTCA use in a university hospital in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 477-482

  Chien, Kuo Liong ^a   Chao, Chia Lun ^a   Lee, Chung Ming ^a   Chen, Ming Fong ^a,b   Liau, Chau Song ^a   Lee, Yuan Teh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary angioplasty; Coronary artery disease; Percutaneous transluminal; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0033930473     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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