Does low individual operator coronary interventional procedural volume correlate with worse institutional procedural outcome?

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Published in J Am Coll Cardiol on October 01, 1997

Authors

L W Klein1, G L Schaer, J E Calvin, B Palvas, J Allen, J Loew, E Uretz, J E Parrillo

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1: Rush Heart Institute, Chicago, IL, USA. lklein@rps/mc.edu

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