Comparison of bypass surgery and stenting for the treatment of multivessel disease: Results from the ARTS Trial in Israel

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 539-542

  Gruberg, Luis ^a   Milo, Simcha ^a   Tzvi, Margalit Ben ^a   Lotan, Chaim ^b   Merin, Gideon ^b   Braun, Shimon ^c   Mohr, Rephael ^c   Tzivoni, Dan ^d   Bitran, Dan ^d   Beyar, Rafael ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Bypass surgery; Coronary; Stents

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT;

BYPASS SURGERY;

SURGERY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041565047     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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