Excimer laser angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction (The CARMEL Multicenter Trial)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 694-701

  Topaz, On ^a   Ebersole, Douglas ^b   Das, Tony ^b   Alderman, Edwin L ^b   Madyoon, Hooman ^b   Vora, Kishor ^b   Baker, John D ^b   Hilton, David ^b   Dahm, Johannes B ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY PERFORATION; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LASER ANGIOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECORDING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STENT; THROMBUS;

ANGIOPLASTY, LASER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 1542407831     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.11.050     Document Type: Article

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