Patient stratification in left main coronary artery disease-Rationale from a contemporary perspective

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 326-334

  Lindstaedt, Michael ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass surgery; Fractional flow reserve; Ischemia; IVUS; Left main coronary artery; Prognosis; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; DISEASE REGISTRY; EUROPE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 55549123841     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.05.019     Document Type: Review

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