A meta-analysis of minimally invasive coronary artery bypass versus percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting for isolated left anterior descending artery disease is indispensable

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 548-

  Takagi, Hisato ^a   Tanabashi, Toshiyuki ^a   Kawai, Norikazu ^a   Umemoto, Takuya ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LETTER; META ANALYSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STERNOTOMY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447634864     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.03.047     Document Type: Letter

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