Stents versus coronary-artery bypass grafting for left main coronary artery disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 1781-1792

  Ki, Bae Seung ^a   Park, Duk Woo ^b   Kim, Young Hak ^b   Lee, Seung Whan ^b   Cheol, Whan Lee ^b   Hong, Myeong Ki ^b   Park, Seong Wook ^b   Yun, Sung Cheol ^b   Gwon, Hyeon Cheol ^c   Jeong, Myung Ho ^d   Jang, Yangsoo ^e   Kim, Hyo Soo ^f   Pum, Joon Kim ^a   Seong, In Whan ^g   Hun, Sik Park ^h   Ahn, Taehoon ⁱ   Chae, In Ho ^f   Tahk, Seung Jea ^j   Chung, Wook Sung ^a   Park, Seung Jung ^b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^d Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^g Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^h Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

ⁱ Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^j Ajou University Medical Center   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KOREA; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42549152982     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0801441     Document Type: Article

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