Current management of left main coronary artery disease

European Heart Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-50

  Fajadet, Jean ^a   Chieffo, Alaide ^b  

^a CLINIQUE PASTEUR   (France)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bifurcation lesions; Coronary bypass grafting; Left main coronary artery disease; Percutaneous coronary interventions

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; GOLD STANDARD; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETIC CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84855514585     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr426     Document Type: Review

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