Underuse of coronary revascularization procedures in patients considered appropriate candidates for revascularization

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 344, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 645-654

  Hemingway, Harry ^a,b   Crook, Angela M ^a   Feder, Gene ^c   Banerjee, Shrilla ^d   Dawson, J Rex ^d   Magee, Patrick ^d   Philpott, Sue ^a   Sanders, Julie ^a   Wood, Alan ^d   Timmis, Adam D ^d  

^a Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035283198     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200103013440906     Document Type: Article

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