Prevalence and extent of obstructive coronary artery disease among patients undergoing elective coronary catheterization in new york state and ontario

JAMA

Volumn 310, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 163-169

  Ko, Dennis T ^a,b,c   Tu, Jack V ^a,b,c   Austin, Peter C ^a   Wijeysundera, Harindra C ^a,b,c   Samadashvili, Zaza ^e   Guo, Helen ^a   Cantor, Warren J ^c,d   Hannan, Edward L ^e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; NOTE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICARE PART C; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880167252     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.7834     Document Type: Article

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