Use of stress testing and diagnostic catheterization after coronary stenting: Association of site-level patterns with patient characteristics and outcomes in 247,052 medicare beneficiaries

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 439-446

  Shah, Bimal R ^a,b   McCoy, Lisa A ^b   Federspiel, Jerome J ^b,c,d   Mudrick, Daniel ^a,f   Cowper, Patricia A ^b,e   Masoudi, Frederick A ^f   Lytle, Barbara L ^b   Green, Cynthia L ^b   Douglas, Pamela S ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e McConnell Heart Health Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic catheterization; patient outcomes; site level patterns; stress testing

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; AMI; CABG; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES; CMS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING; DES; DIAGNOSTIC CATHETERIZATION; DRUG-ELUTING STENT(S); PATIENT OUTCOMES; PCI; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; SITE-LEVEL PATTERNS; STRESS TESTING;

AGED; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETREATMENT; STENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880595035     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.02.093     Document Type: Article

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