Trends in wait times for cardiac revascularization

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 262.e21-262.e27

  Southern, Danielle A ^a   Izadneghadar, Mona ^b   Humphries, Karin H ^b,c   Gao, Min ^c   Wang, Fei ^d   Knudtson, Merril L ^f   Graham, Michelle M ^e   Ghali, William A ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BC Cardiac Registries   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 79957970698     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2010.12.030     Document Type: Article

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