Avoiding revascularization with lifestyle changes: The multicenter lifestyle demonstration project

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 10 B, 1998, Pages

  Ornish, Dean ^a  

^a Preventive Medicine Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0032428861     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00744-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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