Audit and quality control in angioplasty in Europe: procedural results of the AQUA Study 1997; assessment of 250 randomly selected coronary interventions performed in 25 centres of five European Countries | Zendy

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Audit and quality control in angioplasty in Europe: procedural results of the AQUA Study 1997; assessment of 250 randomly selected coronary interventions performed in 25 centres of five European Countries

Author(s) -

Willibald Maier

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

european heart journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336

H-Index - 293

eISSN - 1522-9645

pISSN - 0195-668X

DOI - 10.1053/euhj.1998.1307

Subject(s) - medicine , angina , unstable angina , myocardial infarction , chest pain , psychological intervention , audit , canadian cardiovascular society , revascularization , angioplasty , emergency medicine , cardiology , physical therapy , accounting , nursing , business

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) has become the most widely used major intervention in western medicine. However, there is disparate use of this technique among different European countries and the U.S.A. In an attempt at quality assurance, the working group Coronary Circulation of the European Society of Cardiology has carried out a study on appropriateness, necessity, and performance of PTCA in Europe. The present paper reports on the procedural results of this survey.

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