Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary - Utilization
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Nationwide trends in the utilisation of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the United States of America based on gender and ethnicities.

30 Jul 2009 AIMS: With advancement in technology, the number of percutaneous coronary interventions performed are rising. The goal of this study was to evaluate nationwide trend over a long period of time in the utilisation of percutaneous coronary intervention ... Read more...

Somatic hospital contacts, invasive cardiac procedures, and mortality from heart disease in patients with severe mental disorder.

29 Jun 2009 CONTEXT: Excess mortality from heart disease is observed in patients with severe mental disorder. This excess mortality may be rooted in adverse effects of pharmacological or psychotropic treatment, lifestyle factors, or inadequate somatic care. ... Read more...

In-hospital case fatality rates for acute myocardial infarction in Romania.

7 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: We describe the clinical characteristics, treatments and in-hospital case-fatality rates in an unselected population of patients admitted for acute myocardial infarction. METHODS: From January 2000 to June 2007, we tracked consecutive ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary - Utilization'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [No evidence to further increase the number of PCI interventions] 30 Aug 2009
• Nationwide trends in the utilisation of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the United States of America based on gender and ethnicities. 30 Jul 2009
• Somatic hospital contacts, invasive cardiac procedures, and mortality from heart disease in patients with severe mental disorder. 29 Jun 2009
• In-hospital case fatality rates for acute myocardial infarction in Romania. 7 Jun 2009
• Getting over the siege mentality. 30 May 2009
• Ars longa, vita brevis. 30 May 2009
• Chronic total occlusion angioplasty in the United States. 30 May 2009
• Impact of an audit program and other factors on door-to-balloon times in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients destined for primary coronary intervention. 30 Mar 2009
• Impact of 64-slice multidetector computed tomography on other diagnostic studies for coronary artery disease. 30 Mar 2009
• PCI or CABG in coronary artery disease? 17 Mar 2009
• The New York State Primary Angioplasty Registry and procedural volume. 15 Feb 2009
• Multidecade-long trends (1986-2005) in the utilization of coronary reperfusion and revascularization treatment strategies in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective. 30 Dec 2008
• [Treatment delayed is treatment denied! ] 30 Dec 2008
• Certificate of Need (CON) for cardiac care: controversy over the contributions of CON. 13 Dec 2008
• An estimate of the collective dose to the European population from cardiac X-ray procedures. 29 Nov 2008
• Relation of clinically defined spontaneous reperfusion to outcome in ST-elevation myocardial infarction. 4 Nov 2008
• Angioplasty within 24 h after thrombolysis in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: current use, predictors and outcome. Results of the MITRA plus registry. 2 Nov 2008
• Comparison of primary angioplasty in rural and metropolitan areas within an integrated network. 30 Oct 2008
• [24-hour primary angioplasty service for acute myocardial infarction at the Crema Hospital: considerations after one year of experience] 29 Sep 2008
• The relationship between depressive symptoms, health service consumption, and prognosis after acute myocardial infarction: a prospective cohort study. 28 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary'

Definition: Dilatation of an occluded coronary artery (or arteries) by means of a balloon catheter to restore myocardial blood supply.

Descriptor UI: D015906

Alternative terms: Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary; Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty; Transluminal Coronary Balloon Dilatation; Balloon Dilatation, Coronary Artery; Coronary Angioplasty, Transluminal Balloon; PTCA; Angioplasty, Coronary Balloon; Angioplasties, Coronary Balloon; Balloon Angioplasties, Coronary; Balloon Angioplasty, Coronary; Coronary Balloon Angioplasties; Coronary Balloon Angioplasty;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; rehabilitation; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E02.148.050.060.100; E02.148.102.060.100; E04.100.376.719.100; E04.100.814.050.060.100; E04.928.220.520.100;

History Note: 90

Technical Notes: coord IM with disease /ther (IM), not /surg; do not use /util except by MeSH definition; if laser, coord IM with ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, LASER-ASSISTED (IM); DF: note short X ref