A prospective study of elective stenting in unprotected left main coronary disease

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 153-159

  Wong, Philip ^a,b   Wong, Vanessa ^a   Tse, Kin Kee ^b   Chan, Wilson ^b   Ko, Patrick ^a   Wong, Chi Ming ^a   Leung, Albert Wai Suen ^b   Fong, Ping Ching ^a   Cheng, Chun Ho ^a   Tai, Yau Ting ^a   Leung, Wing Hung ^a   Liu, Mei Lin ^a  

^a Adventist Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Elective stenting; Unprotected left main stenosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; TICLOPIDINE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0032900926     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(199902)46:2<153::AID-CCD8>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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