Can patients with left main stenosis wait for coronary artery bypass grafting?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 552-557

  Maziak, Donna E ^a   Rao, Vivek ^a   Christakis, George T ^a,b   Buth, Karen J ^a   Sever, Jeri ^a   Fremes, Stephen E ^a   Goldman, Bernard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030049659     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)00835-7     Document Type: Article

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