Safety and efficacy concerns regarding elective coronary artery surgery in patients with prior coronary stents [1]

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1265-

  Chikwe, Joanna ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^b,c   Collins, Peter ^d,e   Pepper, John R ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; CORONARY STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESTENOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548314154     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm061     Document Type: Letter

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