Utilisation of coronary angiography after acute myocardial infarction in Ontario over time: Have referral patterns changed?

Heart

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 460-466

  Khaykin, Y ^a   Austin, P C ^b,c   Tu, J V ^b   Alter, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0036839627     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.88.5.460     Document Type: Article

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