The proximal location of stenosis in the left anterior descending coronary artery is not a predictive factor of worse outcome in the era of the stent

Cardiovascular Radiation Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 127-132

  Leborgne, Laurent ^a   Cheneau, Edouard ^a   Wolfram, Roswitha ^a   Ajani, Andrew ^a   Pakala, Rajbabu ^a   Canos, Daniel ^a   Pinnow, Ellen ^a   Pichard, Augusto D ^a   Satler, Lowell F ^a   Waksman, Ron ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Prognosis; Proximal left anterior descending artery; Stent; Target lesion revascularization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY STENT; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; Q WAVE; REVASCULARIZATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142165738     PISSN: 15221865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1522-1865(03)00095-7     Document Type: Article

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