The initiation of coronary angioplasty and stenting in a single outpatient centre in Barbados

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 332-336

  Sparman, Alfred ^a   Browne, C V ^b   Wills, L ^c  

^a Carib American Heart Centre   (Barbados)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BARBADOS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149084264     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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