The paradoxical use of cardiac catheterization in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes: Lessons from the Can Rapid Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes With Early Implementation of the ACC /AHA Guidelines (CRUSADE) Quality Improvement Initiative

American Heart Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 263-270

  Cohen, Mauricio G ^a   Filby, Steven J ^b   Roe, Matthew T ^c   Chen, Anita Y ^c   Menon, Venu ^b   Stouffer, George A ^d   Gibler, W Brian ^e   Smith Jr , Sidney C ^d   Pollack Jr , Charles V ^f   Peterson, Eric D ^c   Ohman, E Magnus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGING; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650556158     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.05.016     Document Type: Article

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