Medical treatment, PCI, or CABG for coronary artery disease? The three approaches should complement one another, not compete

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7809, 2011, Pages

  Lamy, Andre ^a   Natarajan, Madhu ^a   Yusuf, Salim ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESTENOSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENT THROMBOSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; ATHERECTOMY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT;

ATHERECTOMY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS;

EID: 79957950358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d966     Document Type: Editorial

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