Significant left main stem stenosis - Still indication for cardiac surgery?;Istotne zwezenie pnia lewej tetnicy wieńcowej - Czy nadal jest wskazaniem do operacji kardiochirurgicznej?

Folia Cardiologica

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-126

  Gil, Robert ^a   Gziut, Aneta I ^b   Kubica, Jacek ^c  

^a CENTRAL CLINICAL HOSPITAL OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR   (Poland)

^b Studium Doktoranckie Pomorskiej   (Poland)

^c Medical University of Lublin Katedra i Klinika Kardiologii   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAPAMYCIN;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0037767681     PISSN: 15074145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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