Outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary bypass grafting for patients with low left ventricular ejection fractions, unstable angina pectoris, and risk factors for adverse outcomes with bypass (the AWESOME Randomized Trial and Registry)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 118-120

  Sedlis, Steven P ^a   Ramanathan, Kodangudi B ^b   Morrison, Douglass A ^b   Sethi, Gulshan ^b   Sacks, Jerome ^b   Henderson, William ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042613506     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.03.041     Document Type: Article

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