Diagnostic-therapeutic cascade revisited coronary angiography, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and percutaneous coronary intervention in the modern era

Circulation

Volumn 118, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 2797-2802

  Lucas, F Lee ^a,b   Siewers, A E ^a   Malenka, D J ^b,c   Wennberg, D E ^b,d  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Health Dialog Analytic Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Coronary disease; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE PART B; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58249143288     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.789446     Document Type: Article

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