A benchmark for evaluating innovative treatment of left main coronary disease

Circulation

Volumn 116, Issue 11 SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Sabik III, Joseph F ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a   Firstenberg, Michael ^a   Lytle, Bruce W ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Coronary disease; Revascularization; Risk factors; Surgery

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; STENOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; BENCHMARKING; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34748842109     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.681478     Document Type: Article

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