Association between number of institutions with coronary computed tomography angiography and regional mortality ratio of acute myocardial infarction: a nationwide ecological study using a spatial Bayesian model

Abstract Background Coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) has demonstrated high diagnostic accuracy for detection of coronary artery stenosis, and healthcare providers can detect coronary artery disease in earlier stages before it develops into more serious clinical conditions such as acute...

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Main Authors: Hideaki Kawaguchi, Soichi Koike, Ryota Sakurai, Kazuhiko Ohe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12942-018-0133-0