Medical therapy versus revascularization: The atorvastatin versus revascularization treatment AVERT trial

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. A, 2000, Pages

  Waters, David D ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; HEPTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PYRROLES; SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033632182     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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