Gender-related changes in the practice and outcomes of percutaneous coronary interventions in northern New England from 1994 to 1999
David J. Malenka, MD*
,*,
David E. Wennberg, MD, MPH
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Hebe A. Quinton, MS
,
Daniel J. ORourke, MD, MS*,
Paul D. McGrath, MD, MS
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Samuel J. Shubrooks, Jr, MD¶,
Gerry T. OConnor, PhD, DSc
,
Thomas J. Ryan, Jr, MD||,
John F. Robb, MD*,
Mirle A. Kellett, Jr, MD||,
William A. Bradley, MD#,
Michael A. Hearne, MD#,
Peter N. VerLee, MD**,
Matthew W. Watkins, MD
,
Bruce D. Hettleman, MD*,
Winthrop D. Piper, MSc
Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group
* Section of Cardiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Clinical Research Section, Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Center for Evaluative and Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Division of Health Services Research, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, USA
|| Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, USA
¶ Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
# Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
** Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, Maine, USA

Division of Cardiology, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, Vermont, USA

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Figure 1 (A to F) Changing risk-adjusted in-hospital outcomes for women and men undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in Northern New England from 1994 to 1999. CABG = coronary artery bypass graft surgery; MI = myocardial infarction.
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