Lesion location: Its impacts on the procedural and postprocedural outcomes of unprotected left main coronary stenting

Korean Circulation Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 419-424

  Kim, Woong ^a   Kim, Young Jo ^a,d   Lee, Won Jae ^a   Lee, Sang Hee ^a   Hong, Geu Ru ^a   Park, Jong Seon ^a   Shin, Dong Gu ^a   Shim, Bong Sup ^a   Cho, Yoon Kyung ^b   Kim, Hyung Seop ^b   Nam, Chang Wook ^b   Hur, Seung Ho ^b   Kim, Yoon Nyun ^b   Kim, Kwon Bae ^b   Yang, Tae Hyun ^c   Kim, Dae Kyung ^c   Kim, Sung Man ^c   Kim, Doo Il ^c   Kim, Dong Soo ^c  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Keimyung University   (South Korea)

^c Inje University   (South Korea)

^d Yeungnam University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Coronary disease; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

RAPAMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESTENOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STENOSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASCULAR LESION;

EID: 35348969357     PISSN: 17385520     EISSN: 17385555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2007.37.9.419     Document Type: Article

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