Lessons from the CAVEAT: Will the BOAT answer the questions?

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 282-289

  Hinohara, Tomoaki ^a   Simpson, John B ^a  

^a Pac Found for Cardiovasc Research   (United States)

Author keywords

atherectomy; coronary artery disease; percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; restenosis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHERECTOMY; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEATH; DEVICE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTENOSIS; REVIEW; SAFETY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029740560     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-199604000-00003     Document Type: Review

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