Drug-eluting stents vs bypass surgery for unprotected left main disease

Circulation Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2244-

  Takagi, Hisato ^a   Umemoto, Takuya ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARE METAL STENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG ELUTING STENT; EMBASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LETTER; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958043890     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-10-0521     Document Type: Letter

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