Prophylactic coronary artery revascularization for elective vascular surgery: Study design

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 297-308

  McFalls, Edward O ^a,f   Ward, Herbert B ^a   Krupski, William C ^d   Goldman, Steven ^d   Littooy, Fred ^d   Eagle, Kim ^e   Nyman, John A ^b   Moritz, Thomas ^c   McNabb, Stacy ^a   Henderson, William G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c VA Cooperative Studies Program   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery revascularization; Mortality; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE; SAMPLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; ALGORITHM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; CORONARY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17544396899     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-2456(99)00004-5     Document Type: Article

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