Clinical outcomes after myocardial revascularization according to operator training status: Cohort study of 22 697 patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass graft surgery

European Heart Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 37, 2013, Pages 2887-2895

  Jones, Daniel A ^a,b   Gallagher, Sean ^a   Rathod, Krishnaraj ^a   Jain, Ajay K ^a,c   Mathur, Anthony ^a,b,c   Uppal, Rakesh ^a,c   Westwood, Mark ^a   Wong, Kit ^a,c   Rothman, Martin T ^a,c   Shipolini, Alex ^a,c   Smith, Elliot J ^a,c   Mills, Peter G ^a,c   Timmis, Adam D ^a,b   Knight, Charles J ^a,c   Archbold, R Andrew ^a,c   Wragg, Andrew ^a,b,c  

^a LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CABG; PCI; Training

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HAZARD RATIO; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATOR; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

CABG; PCI; TRAINING;

CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSULTANTS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; OPERATIVE TIME; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; REOPERATION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885339330     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht161     Document Type: Article

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