Impact of interventionalist volume, experience, and board certification on coronary angioplasty outcomes in the era of stenting

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 421-426

  Harjai, Kishore J ^a   Berman, Aaron D ^b   Grines, Cindy L ^b   Kahn, Joel ^b   Marsalese, Dominic ^b   Mehta, Rajendra H ^c   Schreiber, Theodore ^b   Boura, Judith A ^b   O'Neill, William W ^b  

^a GUTHRIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY STENT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIALTY BOARDS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 4344637155     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.04.056     Document Type: Article

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