Increasing rates of angioplasty versus bypass surgery in Canada, 1994-2005

American Heart Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 958-965

  Hassan, Ansar ^a   Newman, Alice ^b   Ko, Dennis T ^b,c   Rinfret, Stéphane ^d   Hirsch, Gregory ^e   Ghali, William A ^f   Tu, Jack V ^b,c  

^a SAINT JOHN REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CANADA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 78649336887     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.06.052     Document Type: Article

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