Classification of Left Main Coronary Obstruction—Feasibility of Surgical Angioplasty and Survival after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Vascular

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 497-505

  Jonsson A ^a   Ivert, T ^a   Svane, B ^a   Liska, J ^a   Jakobsson, K ^b   Hammar, N ^b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

angiographic classification; left main coronary artery; surgical angioplasty; survival

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGIOPLASTY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 17544390747     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721090301100613     Document Type: Article

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