The rationale for heart team decision-making for patients with stable, complex coronary artery disease

European Heart Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 32, 2013, Pages

  Head, Stuart J ^a   Kaul, Sanjay ^b   MacK, Michael J ^c   Serruys, Patrick W ^a   Taggart, David P ^d   Holmes, David R ^e   Leon, Martin B ^f,g   Marco, Jean ^h   Bogers, Ad J J C ^a   Kappetein, A Pieter ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c The Heart Hospital   (United States)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^f NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^g CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^h CLINIQUE PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Guidelines; Heart Team; Multidisciplinary; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Revascularization; Shared decision making; Underuse

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGIST; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; EUROSCORE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STABLE COMPLEX CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; SURGEON; SYNTAX SCORE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

APPROPRIATENESS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING; GUIDELINES; HEART TEAM; MULTIDISCIPLINARY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REVASCULARIZATION; SHARED DECISION-MAKING; UNDERUSE;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84881093431     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht059     Document Type: Review

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