Evaluation of the long-term functional outcome assessed by myocardial perfusion scintigraphy following excimer laser angioplasty compared to balloon angioplasty in longer coronary lesions

International Journal of Cardiac Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 267-277

  Appelman, Yolande E A ^a   Piek, Jan J ^a   Van Der Wall, Ernst E ^b   Redekop, William K ^a   Van Royen, Eric A ^a   Fioretti, Paolo M ^c   De Feyter, Pim J ^c   Koolen, Jacques J ^d   Strikwerda, Sipke ^e   Serruys, Patrick W ^c   David, George K ^a   Tijssen, Jan G P ^a   Lie, Kong I ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e De Baronie Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balloon angioplasty; Coronary artery disease; Laser angioplasty; Laser assisted balloon angioplasty; Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy; Percutaneous transluminal laser angioplasty; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; LASER ANGIOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, LASER-ASSISTED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034531321     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026576223669     Document Type: Article

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