A population-level analysis: The influence of hospital type on trends in use and outcomes of lower extremity angioplasty

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-18

  Vogel, Todd R ^a   Symons, Rebbecca G ^b   Flum, Dave R ^b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Outcomes; Vascular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; CLAUDICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LEG; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WASHINGTON;

EID: 38649140458     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574407308203     Document Type: Article

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