Hospital variation in carotid stenting outcomes

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 858-863

  Hawkins, Beau M ^a   Kennedy, Kevin F ^b   Aronow, Herbert D ^c   Nguyen, Louis L ^d   White, Christopher J ^e   Rosenfield, Kenneth ^d   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^d   Spertus, John A ^b   Yeh, Robert W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e JOHN OCHSNER HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

carotid stenosis; carotid stenting; hospital quality; stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE MIX; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STENT; STROKE; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929591066     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: 18767605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2015.01.026     Document Type: Article

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