Guidelines for the Clinical Use of Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-73

  Bridges, Charles R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery bypass surgery; lasers; myocardium; revascularization

Indexed keywords

ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LASER THERAPY; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33744798483     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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