Is medical therapy as good as PCI in stable angina? Two views

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 618-620

  Bhatt, Deepak L ^a,b,c  

^a Cadiovascular Coordinating Center   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; STENTS;

EID: 34948838332     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.74.9.618     Document Type: Article

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