Unprotected left main revascularization in patients with acute coronary syndromes

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 2308-2317

  Montalescot, Gilles ^a   Brieger, David ^b   Eagle, Kim A ^c   Anderson Jr , Frederick A ^d   Fitzgerald, Gordon ^d   Lee, Michael S ^e   Steg, Ph Gabriel ^f   Avezum, Álvaro ^g   Goodman, Shaun G ^h   Gore, Joel M ⁱ  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^h ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Left main disease

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INOTROPIC AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; THIENOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; WARFARIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART REINFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STROKE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNPROTECTED LEFT MAIN CORONARY DISEASE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; REGISTRIES; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; STENTS; STROKE;

EID: 70349675887     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp353     Document Type: Article

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