Routine versus selective coronary artery bypass for left main coronary artery revascularization: The appraise a customized strategy for left main revascularization (CUSTOMIZE) study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 307-314

  Tamburino, Corrado ^a,b   Capodanno, Davide ^a,b   Di Salvo, Maria Elena ^a   Caggegi, Anna ^a   Tomasello, Davide ^a   Cincotta, Glauco ^a   Miano, Marco ^a   Petralia, Anna ^a   Varone, Egidio ^a   Patanè, Martina ^a   Tamburino, Claudia ^a   Tolaro, Salvatore ^c   Patanè, Leonardo ^c   Calafiore, Antonio Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ETNA Foundation   (Italy)

^c Morgagni Heart Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass graft; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Unprotected left main

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960554387     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.04.047     Document Type: Article

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