Revascularization of left anterior descending artery with drug-eluting stents: Comparison with off-pump surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 88-92

  Herz, Itzhak ^a,d   Moshkovitz, Yaron ^c   Hendler, Alberto ^c   Adam, Sharon Z ^b   Uretzky, Gideon ^b   Ben Gal, Yanai ^b   Mohr, Rephael ^b  

^a Department of Cardiology ^*  (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ASSUTA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

25

Indexed keywords

RAPAMYCIN;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DEATH; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANTICOAGULANTS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; CORONARY STENOSIS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11144292316     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.06.068     Document Type: Article

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