Relative cost comparison of treatments for coronary artery disease: The first year follow-up of MASS II study

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Favarato, Desiderio ^a   Hueb, Whady ^b   Gersh, Bernard J ^b   Soares, Paulo R ^b   Cesar, Luiz A M ^b   Da Luz, Protásio L ^b   Oliveira, Sergio A ^b   Ramires, Jose A F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Costs efficiency; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0041414818     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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