Perspective on coronary interventions & cardiac surgeries in India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 132, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 543-548

  Kaul, Upendra ^a   Bhatia, Vineet ^b  

^a ESCORTS HEART INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b FORTIS HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; CABG; Cardiac cath laboratories; Cardiac surgery; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary intervention; Coronary stents

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; EPTIFIBATIDE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TIROFIBAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AMBULANCE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; DRUG ELUTING STENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FAMILY HISTORY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART CATHETER; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INDIA; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; MORTALITY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ROBOTICS; STENT THROMBOSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; INDIA;

EID: 78649479818     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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