The life and hard times of a coronary surgeon

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-188

  Goldman, Bernard S ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

CABG; Coronary artery bypass; Drug eluting stents; Intracoronary stents; PCI; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

CLOPIDOGREL; BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; CORONARY STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEACHING; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; CANADA; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STENT;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; ONTARIO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; STENTS;

EID: 34247266599     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(07)70741-9     Document Type: Article

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