The volume of primary angioplasty procedures and survival after acute myocardial infarction

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 342, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 1573-1580

  Canto, John G ^a,b   Every, Nathan R ^c,d   Magid, David J ^e,f   Rogers, William J ^a   Malmgren, Judith A ^c   Frederick, Paul D ^c   French, William J ^g   Tiefenbrunn, Alan J ^h   Misra, Vijay K ^a   Kiefe, Catarina I ^b   Barron, Hal V ^i,j  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Northwest Health Services Research and Development Program   (United States)

^e CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j GENENTECH INC   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGISTRIES; RISK; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034713436     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200005253422106     Document Type: Article

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