Current management of unprotected left main coronary artery disease: Run-in survey of the RITMO (Registro Italiano sul Trattamento del tronco coMune non protettO) study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-75

  Sheiban, Imad ^a   Sillano, Dario ^a   Biondi Zoccai, Giuseppe G L ^a   De Servi, Stefano ^b   Tamburino, Corrado ^c   Marzocchi, Antonio ^d   Trevi, Gian Paolo ^a   Moretti, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Legnano   (Italy)

^c Ferrarotto Hospital   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass graft; Coronary artery disease; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Stent; Unprotected left main

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE REGISTRY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNPROTECTED LEFT MAIN CORONARY STENOSIS;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; ITALY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 68949114315     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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