Trends in Operator and Hospital Procedure Volume and Outcomes for Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty, 1996 to 2001

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 339-343

  Kansagra, Susan M ^a,b   Curtis, Lesley H ^b   Anstrom, Kevin J ^b   Schulman, Kevin A ^b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NEW YORK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846429637     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.08.037     Document Type: Article

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