Bayesian Methods affirm the use of percutaneous coronary intervention to improve survival in patients with unprotected left main coronary artery disease

Circulation

Volumn 127, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 2177-2185

  Bittl, John A ^a   He, Yulei ^b   Jacobs, Alice K ^c   Yancy, Clyde W ^d   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^b,e  

^a Munroe Regional Med Center   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Meta analysis; Stents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CORONARY DISEASE; META-ANALYSIS; STENTS;

AGED; BAYES THEOREM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; ODDS RATIO; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STENTS;

EID: 84878618260     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.000646     Document Type: Article

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