Five-year outcome in patients with isolated proximal left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis treated by angioplasty or left internal mammary artery grafting: A prospective trial

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 25, 1999, Pages 3255-3259

  Goy, Jean Jacques ^a   Eeckhout, Eric ^a   Moret, Christel ^a   Burnand, Bernard ^b   Vogt, Pierre ^a   Stauffer, Jean Chrisophe ^a   Hurni, Michel ^a   Stumpe, Frank ^a   Ruchat, Patrick ^a   Von Segesser, Ludwig ^a   Urban, Philip ^a   Kappenberger, Lukas ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Bypass; Prognosis; Revascularization; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; Q WAVE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033614836     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.25.3255     Document Type: Article

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