Two- to three-year follow-up of patients with single-vessel coronary artery disease randomized to PTCA or medical therapy (Results of a VA cooperative study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1445-1450

  Hartigan, Pamela M ^a   Giacomini, John C ^b   Folland, Edward D ^b   Parisi, Alfred F ^b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREADMILL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CORONARY DISEASE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032535005     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00685-7     Document Type: Article

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