1998
Trends in costs of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
Heiat A, Mattera JA, Henry GA, Chen YT, Krumholz HM. Trends in costs of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. The American Journal Of Managed Care 1998, 4: 1667-74. PMID: 10339099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyTransluminal coronary angioplastyCoronary angioplastyClinical outcomesElective percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyYale-New Haven HospitalCatheterization laboratory costsMedical chart reviewGroup of patientsTotal hospital costsLength of stayHospital cost accounting systemChart reviewClinical characteristicsConsecutive patientsAngiographic featuresHospital recordsContrast volumeRetrospective studyPatient populationHospital costsLesion characteristicsStent useCatheterization laboratoryPatient profiles
1995
In-hospital and one-year economic outcomes after coronary stenting or balloon angioplasty. Results from a randomized clinical trial. Stent Restenosis Study Investigators.
Cohen D, Krumholz H, Sukin C, Ho K, Siegrist R, Cleman M, Heuser R, Brinker J, Moses J, Savage M, Detre K, Leon M, Baim D. In-hospital and one-year economic outcomes after coronary stenting or balloon angioplasty. Results from a randomized clinical trial. Stent Restenosis Study Investigators. Circulation 1995, 92: 2480-7. PMID: 7586348, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.92.9.2480.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical care costsInitial hospital costsCoronary stentingVascular complicationsConventional angioplastyBalloon angioplastyCare costsInitial hospitalizationInitial stentingHospital costsPalmaz-Schatz coronary stent implantationCatheterization laboratory costsElective coronary stentingPatient's initial hospitalizationSingle coronary lesionsSubsequent hospital visitsSubsequent revascularization proceduresSymptomatic coronary diseaseCoronary stent implantationConventional balloon angioplastyRandomized clinical trialsLength of stayDetailed resource utilizationAngiographic restenosisRepeat revascularization