Use of coronary angioplasty, bypass surgery, and conservative therapy for treatment of coronary artery disease over the past decade

European Heart Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1042-1046

  Delacretaz E ^a   Meier, Bernhard ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conservative therapy; Coronary angioplasty; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0032127836     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1997.0801     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. [1] Weintraub WS, Jones EL, King III SB et al. Changing use of coronary angioplasty and coronary bypass surgery in the treatment of chronic artery disease. Am J Cardiol 1990; 65: 183-8.
2. [2] Cameron A, Sheldon WC, Balter S, the Registry Committee of the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions. Cardiac catheterization 1990: A report of the Registry Committee of the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (SCA&I). Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1992; 27: 267-75.
3. [3] Meyer BJ, Meier B, Bonzel W et al for the working group Coronary Circulation of the European Society of Cardiology. Interventional cardiology in Europe 1993. Eur Heart J 1996; 17: 1318-28.
4. [4] Goerre S. Cardiac interventions in Switzerland in 1994. Schwiz Rundsch Med Prax 1996; 85: 1071-80.
5. [5] Johnson LW, Lozner EC, Johnson S et al. Coronary arteriography 1984-1987. A report of the Registry of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions I: Results and complications. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1989; 17: 5-10.
6. [6] Johnson LW, Krone R, the Registry Committee of the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention. Cardiac catheterization 1991: A report of the Registry Committee of the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (SCA&I). Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1993; 28: 219-20.
7. [7] Röthlisberger C, Meier B. Coronary interventions in Europe 1992. The Working Group on Coronary Circulation of the European Society of Cardiology. Eur Heart J 1995; 16: 922-9.
8. [8] Coronary artery surgery study (CASS). A randomized trial of coronary artery bypass surgery. Survival data. Circulation 1983; 68: 939-50.
9. [9] Parisi AF, Folland ED, Hartigan P, Veterans Affairs, ACME Investigators. A comparison of angioplasty with medical therapy in the treatment of single-vessel coronary artery disease. N Engl J Med 1992; 326: 10-6.
10. [10] Goy JJ, Eeckhout E, Burnand B et al. Coronary angioplasty versus left internal mammary artery grafting for isolated proximal left anterior descending artery stenosis. Lancet 1994; 343: 1449-53.
11. [11] RITA Trial Participants. Coronary angioplasty versus coronary artery bypass surgery: the Randomized Intervention Treatment of Angina (RITA) Trial. Lancet 1993; 341: 573-80.
12. [12] Rodriquez A, Boullon F. Argentine randomized trial of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty versus coronary artery bypass surgery in multivessel disease (ERACI): in-hospital results and 1-year follow-up. J Am Coll Cardiol 1993; 22: 1060-7.
13. [13] Pocock SJ, Henderson RA, Rickards AF et al. Meta-analysis of randomised trials comparing coronary angioplasty with bypass surgery. Lancet 1995; 346: 1184-9.