Age- and sex-related utilisation of cardiac procedures and interventions: A multicentric study in Italy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-184

  Boccia, Antonio ^a   Damiani, Gianfranco ^b   D'Errico, Marcello Maria ^c   Farinaro, Edoardo ^d   Gregorio, Pasquale ^e   Nante, Nicola ^f   Santè, Pasquale ^g   Siliquini, Roberta ^h   Ricciardi, Gualtiero ^b,i  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^g SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age; Cardiology; Italy; Multicentric study; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 18344373485     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.03.032     Document Type: Article

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