Long-term outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention for unprotected left main coronary artery disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 272-276

  Wu, Xue Ming ^a,b   Liu, Chung Pin ^c,d   Lin, Wei Cheng ^a,b   Kao, Hsien Li ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAOYUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c YUAN'S GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bifurcation lesions; Left main coronary artery disease; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Stents

Indexed keywords

PACLITAXEL; RAPAMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BARE METAL STENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BIFURCATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTERVIEW; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEPHONE;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74449085876     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.08.016     Document Type: Article

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