Comparison of coronary-artery bypass surgery and stenting for the treatment of multivessel disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 344, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 1117-1124

  Serruys, Patrick W ^a,g   Unger, Felix ^b   Sousa, J Eduardo ^c   Jatene, Adib ^c   Bonnier, Hans J R M ^d   Schönberger, Jacques P A M ^d   Buller, Nigel ^e   Bonser, Robert ^e   Van Den Brand, Marcel J B ^a   Van Herwerden, Lex A ^a   Morel, Marie Angèle M ^f   Van Hout, Ben A ^g  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b University Klinik für Herzchirurgie   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^d CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f CARDIALYSIS   (Netherlands)

^g ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035849152     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200104123441502     Document Type: Article

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