Randomized study of the crush technique versus provisional side-branch stenting in true coronary bifurcations: The CACTUS (Coronary bifurcations: Application of the Crushing Technique Using Sirolimus-eluting stents) study

Circulation

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-78

  Colombo, Antonio ^a,b,m   Bramucci, Ezio ^c   Saccà, Salvatore ^d   Violini, Roberto ^e   Lettieri, Corrado ^d   Zanini, Roberto ^d   Sheiban, Imad ^d   Paloscia, Leonardo ^f   Grube, Eberhard ^g   Schofer, Joachim ^h   Bolognese, Leonardo ⁱ   Orlandi, Mario ^j   Niccoli, Giampaolo ^k   Latib, Azeem ^a   Airoldi, Flavio ^a,l  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b EMO GVM CENTRO CUORE COLUMBUS   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^d PO di Mirano ^*  (Italy)

^e SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f SPIRITO SANTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g HELIOS Heart Center   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ USL 8   (Italy)

^j Azienda Ospedaliera della Provincia di Lodi   (Italy)

^k FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^l IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^m EMO GVM Centro Cuore   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Angioplasty; Drug eluting stents; Follow up studies; Restenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTENOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; STENT;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59049093042     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.808402     Document Type: Article

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