Long-term outcome in triple-vessel coronary artery disease in medically treated Japanese patients

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-77

  Nishiyama, Shinichiro ^a   Iwase, Takashi ^a   Nishi, Yutaro ^a   Ishiwata, Sugao ^a   Komiyama, Nobuyuki ^a   Yanagishita, Yoshiki ^a   Nakanishi, Shigemoto ^a   Seki, Akira ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Ejection fraction; Long term prognosis; Medical treatment; Total occlusion; Triple vessel disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0031905830     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.39.67     Document Type: Article

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