The fine balance of quality and quantity: The time has come to define quality of PCI!

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 503-504

  Baber, Usman ^a   Mehran, Roxana ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 80053191583     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.23356     Document Type: Note

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