Cardiac catheterization reduces resource utilization in patients with chronic chest pain

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 363-366

  Wright, R Scott ^a,c   Monnahan, Randi L ^a   Kopecky, Stephen L ^a   Jones, Charles T ^b   Holmes Jr , David R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ALBERT LEA EYE CLINIC   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Cost of illness; Heart catheterization

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; NITRATE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; PERICARDITIS; PRESCRIPTION; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CHEST PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA;

EID: 0034070561     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(200004)49:4<363::AID-CCD2>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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