Relationship between coronary angioplasty laboratory volume and outcomes after hospital discharge

American Heart Journal

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 833-840

  Kimmel, Stephen E ^a,b   Sauer, William H ^c   Brensinger, Colleen ^a   Hirshfeld, John ^b   Haber, Howard L ^d   Localio, A Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Cardiovascular Pulmonary Division   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0036275925     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2002.122116     Document Type: Article

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