Impact of Interventional Strategy for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Long-term Survival

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 553-560

  Lehmann, Ralf ^a   Ehrlich, Joachim R ^a   De Rosa, Salvatore ^a   Spyridopoulos, Ioakim ^a   Laskowski, Rafael ^a   Kremer, Janine ^a   Herrmann, Eva ^a   Zeiher, Andreas M ^a   Schächinger, Volker ^a   Fichtlscherer, Stephan ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POST TREATMENT SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866430391     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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