Catheter-based reperfusion of unprotected left main stenosis during an acute myocardial infarction (the ULTIMA experience)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1513-1517

  Marso, Steven P ^a   Steg, Gabriel ^b   Plokker, Thijs ^c   Holmes, David ^d   Park, Seung Jung ^e   Kosuga, Kunihiko ^f   Tamai, Hideo ^f   Macaya, Carlos ^g   Moses, Jeffery ^h   White, Harvey ⁱ   Verstraete, S F C ^c   Ellis, Stephen G ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^g HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^h LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ Southwest Cardiology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS;

EID: 0033151594     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00139-3     Document Type: Article

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