Comparison of stenting and balloon angioplasty for narrowings in aortocoronary saphenous vein conduits in place for more than five years

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-18

  Brener, Sorin J ^b   Ellis, Stephen G ^b   Apperson Hansen, Carolyn ^b   Leon, Martin B ^b   Topol, Eric J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTER; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; STENT; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REGISTRIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030638160     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00668-6     Document Type: Article

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