Surgical candidacy and selection biases in nonemergent left main stenting: Implications for observational studies

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1020-1027

  McNulty, Edward J ^a,b   Ng, William ^a   Spertus, John A ^c   Zaroff, Jonathan G ^a   Yeh, Robert W ^d   Ren, Xiushi M ^a   Lundstrom, Robert J ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

bias; bypass; comparative effectiveness; risk factors; stents

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CARDIAC PATIENT; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURGICAL INELIGIBILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053044864     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: 18767605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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