Volume-outcome relation for hospitals performing angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction - Results from the nationwide Japanese registry

Circulation Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 887-891

  Tsuchihashi, Miyuki ^a   Tsutsui, Hiroyuki ^a   Tada, Hideo ^a   Shihara, Miwako ^a   Takeshita, Akira ^a   Kono, Suminori ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angioplasty bypass surgery; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY STENT; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGISTRIES; STENTS;

EID: 6944253290     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.68.887     Document Type: Article

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