The appropriateness of use of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in Spain

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 213-221

  Aguilar, María Dolores ^a,c   Fitch, Kathryn ^a   Lázaro, Pablo ^a   Bernstein, Steven J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c TAISS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; Spain

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN;

EID: 0034985330     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(01)00385-0     Document Type: Article

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