Effect of homocysteine-lowering therapy on restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention for narrowings in small coronary arteries

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1265-1269

  Schnyder, Guido ^a   Roffi, Marco ^b   Flammer, Yvonne ^b   Pin, Riccardo ^b   Eberli, Franz R ^b   Meier, Bernhard ^b   Turi, Zoltan G ^b   Hess, Otto M ^b  

^a Medical Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTENOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037650207     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00281-9     Document Type: Article

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