Why physicians favor use of percutaneous coronary intervention to medical therapy: A focus group study

Keyphrases

• Percutaneous Coronary Intervention 100%
• Medical Therapy 100%
• Focus Group Study 100%
• Primary Care Physicians 42%
• Stable Coronary Artery Disease 28%
• Cardiologists 28%
• Coronary Artery Disease 14%
• Non-interventional 14%
• Screening Test 14%
• Patient Outcomes 14%
• Physician Practice 14%
• Number of Factors 14%
• Evidence-based Medicine 14%
• Grounded Theory 14%
• Clinical Benefit 14%
• Psychological Factors 14%
• Cascading Effects 14%
• San Francisco Bay Area 14%
• Physician Decision-making 14%
• Coronary Stenosis 14%
• Reflex 14%
• Optimal Medical Therapy 14%
• Patient Expectations 14%
• Emotional Factors 14%
• Physician Beliefs 14%
• Interventional Cardiologist 14%
• Butte 14%
• Catheterization Laboratory 14%
• Positive Check 14%
• Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention 14%
• Symptomatic Patients 14%

Medicine and Dentistry

• Combination Therapy 100%
• Percutaneous Coronary Intervention 100%
• Decision Making 37%
• Primary Health Care 37%
• Coronary Artery Disease 37%
• Screening Test 12%
• Patient Referral 12%
• Coronary Artery Obstruction 12%
• Catheterization 12%
• Psychological Aspect 12%
• Evidence-Based Medicine 12%
• Emotion 12%
• Cascade Effect 12%