Comparison of outcome after coronary angioplasty and coronary surgery for multivessel coronary artery disease in persons with diabetes

American Heart Journal

Volumn 138, Issue 5 I, 1999, Pages

  Weintraub, W S ^a   Kosinski, A ^a   Culler, S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032692863     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(99)70041-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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