Stenting of unprotected left main coronary artery in patients with low preoperative risk of coronary artery bypass grafting

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 929-936

  Dudek, Dariusz ^a   Heba, Grzegorz ^a   Giszterowicz, Dawid ^a   Rzeszutko, Łukasz ^a   Legutko, Jacek ^a   Bartuś, Stanisław ^a   Chyrchel, Michał ^a   Dubiel, Jacek S ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Left main coronary artery; Outcome; Stenting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750058276     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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