Do stents reduce mortality compared with balloon angioplasty? A critical review of all the evidence

American Heart Journal

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-10

  Al Suwaidi, Jassim ^a   Berger, Peter B ^b  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; THIENO[3,2 C]PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ATHERECTOMY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY STENT; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; STENTS;

EID: 23244431959     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.12.018     Document Type: Editorial

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