The predicament of offering elective percutaneous coronary intervention at sites without on-site cardiac surgery

American Heart Journal

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 810-811

  Singh, Mandeep ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EDITORIAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS;

EID: 33750358111     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.08.024     Document Type: Editorial

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