Comparison of coronary bypass surgery with drug-eluting stenting for the treatment of left main and/or three-vessel disease: 3-year follow-up of the SYNTAX trial

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2125-2134

  Kappetein, Arie Pieter ^a   Feldman, Ted E ^b   MacK, Michael J ^c   Morice, Marie Claude ^d   Holmes, David R ^e   Ståhle, Elisabeth ^f   Dawkins, Keith D ^g   Mohr, Friedrich W ^h   Serruys, Patrick W ^a   Colombo, Antonio ⁱ  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^c Baylor Healthcare System   (United States)

^d INSTITUT CARDIOVASCULAIRE PARIS SUD   (France)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g Boston Scientific   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

ⁱ SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

CABG; Left main; Multivessel disease; PCI; Stent thrombosis; SYNTAX

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT MAIN CORONARY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; REVASCULARIZATION; STENT THROMBOSIS; STROKE; THREE VESSEL DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; REOPERATION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052078304     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr213     Document Type: Article

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