A percutaneous coronary intervention lab in every hospital?

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-20

  Concannon, Thomas W ^a   Nelson, Jason ^a   Goetz, Jessica ^b   Griffith, John L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Datamonitor Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Catheterization; Mapping; Myocardial infarction; Population

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MEDICAL SERVICE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROUPS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860792179     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.963868     Document Type: Article

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