Chronic total coronary occlusions and the Occluded Artery Trial. A critical appraisal.

EuroIntervention

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-27

  Werner, Gerald S ⁱ   Di Mario, Carlo ^a   Galassi, Alfredo R ^b   Gershlick, Anthony ^c   Reimers, Bernhard ^d   Sianos, George ^e   Sievert, Horst ^f   Lefevre, Thierry ^g   Reifart, Nicolaus ^h  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Ospedale Civile di Mirano   (Italy)

^e ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f Katharinenhospital Frankfurt   (Germany)

^g INSTITUT CARDIOVASCULAIRE PARIS SUD   (France)

^h Main Taunus Klinik Bad Soden   (Germany)

ⁱ KLINIKUM DARMSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COLLATERAL ARTERY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGISTER; REVIEW; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; SURVIVAL; THROMBECTOMY; VASCULAR PATENCY; WORK EXPERIENCE; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CORONARY OCCLUSION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 59249086425     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: 19696213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV4I1A3     Document Type: Review

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