Percutaneous recanalization of chronically occluded coronary arteries: A consensus document - Part II

Circulation

Volumn 112, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 2530-2537

  Stone, Gregg W ^a   Reifart, Nicolaus J ^b   Moussa, Issam ^a   Hoye, Angela ^c   Cox, David A ^d   Colombo, Antonio ^e   Baim, Donald S ^f   Teirstein, Paul S ^g   Strauss, Bradley H ^h   Selmon, Matthew ⁱ   Mintz, Gary S ^a   Katoh, Osamu ^j   Mitsudo, Kazuaki ^k   Suzuki, Takahiko ^j   Tamai, Hideo ^l   Grube, Eberhard ^m   Cannon, Louis A ⁿ   Kandzari, David E ^o   Reisman, Mark ^p   Schwartz, Robert S ^q   Bailey, Steven ^r   Dangas, George ^a   Mehran, Roxana ^a   Abizaid, Alexander ^s   Moses, Jeffrey W ^a   Leon, Martin B ^a   Serruys, Patrick W ^c   more..

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b Kardiologisches Institut   (Germany)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Mid Carolina Cardiology   (United States)

^e EMO GVM Centro Cuore   (Italy)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^h ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ Cardiovascular Medicine and Coronary Intervention   (United States)

^j Toyohashi Heart Center Toyohashi   (Japan)

^k KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^l SHIGA MEDICAL CENTER FOR ADULTS   (Japan)

^m Heart Center Siegburg   (Germany)

ⁿ Cardiac and Vascular Research Center of Northern Michigan   (United States)

^o DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^p SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^q MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^s INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

more..

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Occlusion; Prognosis; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY STENT; DEVICE; GUIDE WIRE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 27144439553     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.583716     Document Type: Review

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