Clinical trials of coronary revascularization for chronic stable angina: Medical treatment versus coronary revascularization

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 275-280

  Parisi, Alfred F ^a  

^a MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; STATIN;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0033915888     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-200007000-00012     Document Type: Review

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