Effects of hospital volume on long-term outcomes after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty after acute myocardial infarction

American Heart Journal

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 144-150

  Doucet, Michel ^a   Eisenberg, Mark ^a   Joseph, Lawrence ^a   Pilote, Louise ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036301807     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2002.123571     Document Type: Article

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