Association of hospital primary angioplasty volume in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with quality and outcomes

JAMA

Volumn 302, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 2207-2213

  Kumbhani, Dharam J ^a   Cannon, Christopher P ^b   Fonarow, Gregg C ^c   Liang, Li ^d   Askari, Arman T ^a   Peacock, W Frank ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^d   Bhatt, Deepak L ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

EID: 71849108140     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1715     Document Type: Article

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