Analysis of the institutional volume-outcome relations for balloon angioplasty and stenting in the stent era in California

American Heart Journal

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1071-1076

  Brown, David L ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345621485     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(03)00514-3     Document Type: Article

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