Improved outcomes associated with stenting in the healthcare cost and utilization project

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 159-163

  Maynard, Charles ^a,b   Every, Nathan R ^a,b   Chapko, Michael K ^a,b   Ritchie, James L ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035002744     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2001.tb00728.x     Document Type: Article

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