Comparison between drug-eluting stents and coronary artery bypass grafting for unprotected left main coronary artery disease: A meta-analysis of two randomized trials and thirteen observational studies

Cardiology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-32

  Zheng, Shuai ^a   Zheng, Zhe ^a   Hou, Jianfeng ^a   Hu, Shengshou ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Drug eluting stent; Left main coronary artery, unprotected

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; HUMANS; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952350278     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324169     Document Type: Article

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