Adoption and effectiveness of internal mammary artery grafting in coronary artery bypass surgery among medicare beneficiaries

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-39

  Hlatky, Mark A ^a   Boothroyd, Derek B ^a   Reitz, Bruce A ^a   Shilane, David A ^a   Baker, Laurence C ^a,b   Go, Alan S ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

comparative effectiveness research; internal mammary coronary artery anastomosis; outcomes research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVASCULARIZATION; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REOPERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL TIME;

CABG; CI; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY; DES; DRUG-ELUTING STENT(S); HAZARD RATIO; HR; ICD9-CM; IMA; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, NINTH REVISION-CLINICAL MODIFICATION; MI; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; P VALUE FOR THE TREATMENT × COVARIATE INTERACTION TEST; P(INT); PAD; PCI; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891814087     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.08.1632     Document Type: Article

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