Adoption of transradial percutaneous coronary intervention and outcomes according to center radial volume in the veterans affairs healthcare system: Insights from the veterans affairs clinical assessment, reporting, and tracking (CART) program

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 336-346

  Gutierrez, Antonio ^a   Tsai, Thomas T ^b   Stanislawski, Maggie A ^b   Vidovich, Mladen ^c   Bryson, Christopher L ^d   Bhatt, Deepak L ^a,e   Grunwald, Gary K ^b   Rumsfeld, John ^b   Rao, Sunil V ^f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Hemorrhage; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Radial artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; REGISTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS HEALTH;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEMORRHAGE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RADIAL ARTERY;

AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIAL ARTERY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84884484765     PISSN: 19417640     EISSN: 19417632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.113.000110     Document Type: Article

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