Determinants of variations in coronary revascularization practices

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-186

  Tu, Jack V ^a,b   Ko, Dennis T ^a,b   Guo, Helen ^a   Richards, Janice A ^a   Walton, Nancy ^d   Natarajan, Madhu K ^e   Wijeysundera, Harindra C ^c   So, Derek ^f   Latter, David A ^g   Feindel, Christopher M ^h   Kingsbury, Kori ⁱ   Cohen, Eric A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

ⁱ Cardiac Care Network of Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84856798927     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.111072     Document Type: Article

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