Percutaneous coronary intervention vs. coronary artery bypass graft surgery for unprotected left main coronary artery disease in the drug-eluting stents era - An aggregate data meta-analysis of 11,148 patients

Circulation Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 372-382

  Alam, Mahboob ^a   Huang, Henry D ^a   Shahzad, Saima A ^b   Kar, Biswajit ^c   Virani, Salim S ^a,c   Rogers, Paul A ^a   Paniagua, David ^a,c   Bozkurt, Biykem ^a,c   Palacios, Igor ^d   Kleiman, Neal S ^e,f   Jneid, Hani ^a,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AL NOOR SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Meta analysis; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Unprotected left main coronary artery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DEATH; DRUG ELUTING STENT; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873817737     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-12-0747     Document Type: Article

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