Immediate and long-term outcomes of stent implantation for unprotected left main coronary artery disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 173-177

  Lee, Ren Jen ^a   Lee, Shih Huang ^b   Shyu, Kou Gi ^b   Lin, Shen Chang ^b   Hung, Huei Fong ^b   Liou, Jer Young ^b   Cheng, Jun Jack ^b   Kuan, Peiliang ^b   Lin, Huan Sheng ^a   Wang, Chih Feng ^a  

^a YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Left main coronary artery disease; Stent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESTENOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; STENTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034808375     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(01)00478-8     Document Type: Article

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