Diagnostic cardiac catheterization and revascularization rates for coronary heart disease

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 391-397

  Faris, Peter D ^a   Grant, F Curry ^c   Galbraith, P Diane ^a   Gong, Yanyan ^c   Ghali, William A ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian health; Catheterization; Revascularization; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANADA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CANADA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342653027     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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