Long-term outcomes after drug-eluting stent for the treatment of ostial left anterior descending coronary artery lesions

American Heart Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 973-978

  Capranzano, Piera ^a,b   Sanfilippo, Alessandra ^a   Tagliareni, Francesco ^a   Capodanno, Davide ^a,b   Monaco, Sergio ^a   Sardella, Gennaro ^c   Giordano, Arturo ^d   Sangiorgi, Giuseppe M ^e   Tamburino, Corrado ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ETNA Foundation   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Invasive Cardiology Unit   (Italy)

^e SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

'TAXUS'; CYPHER; ENDEAVOR; EVEROLIMUS; PACLITAXEL; PROMUS; RAPAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOTAROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY LESION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY PERFORATION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY LESION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78649341169     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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