Directional coronary atherectomy plus stent implantation vs. left internal mammary artery bypass grafting for isolated proximal stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-52

  Brambilla, Nedy ^a   Repetto, Alessandra ^a   Bramucci, Ezio ^a   Canosi, Umberto ^a   Ferrario, Maurizio ^a   Angoli, Luigi ^a   Aiello, Marco ^a   Rinaldi, Mauro ^a   Klersy, Catherine ^a   Viganò, Mario ^a   Tavazzi, Luigi ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherectomy; LIMA; Mammary grafting; Stent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BYPASS SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DIRECTIONAL ATHERECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ATHERECTOMY, CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19944428962     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20214     Document Type: Article

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