Initial coronary stent implantation with medical therapy vs medical therapy alone for stable coronary artery disease: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 312-319

  Stergiopoulos, Kathleen ^a   Brown, David L ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DATA BASE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVASCULARIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENTS;

EID: 84863393732     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1484     Document Type: Article

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