Long-term results following percutaneous myocardial laser therapy

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 385-390

  Salem, Mohamed ^a   Rotevatn, Svein ^a   Nordrehaug, Jan Erik ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Angina; Lasers; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS MYOCARDIAL LASER THERAPY; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, LASER-ASSISTED; ANGIOPLASTY, LASER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33748142120     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200606000-00010     Document Type: Article

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