Randomised trial of excimer laser angioplasty versus balloon angioplasty for treatment of obstructive coronary artery disease

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 8994, 1996, Pages 79-84

  Appelman, Yolande E A ^a   Piek, Jan J ^a   Strikwerda, Sipke ^c   Tijssen, Jan G P ^b   De Feyter, Pim J ^c   David, George K ^a   Serruys, Patrick W ^c   Margolis, James R ^d   Koelemay, Mark J ^b   Van Swijndregt, Eline W J Montauban ^c   Koolen, Jacques J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Miami Heart Inst   (United States)

^e CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER ANGIOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13344295081     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90209-3     Document Type: Article

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