Optimal revascularization for complex coronary artery disease

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 635-647

  Iqbal, Javaid ^a   Serruys, Patrick W ^b   Taggart, David P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Thorax Centre   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; POLYMER; RAPAMYCIN;

ACEF SCORE; BARE METAL STENT; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ELUTING STENT; EUROSCORE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAYO CLINIC SCORE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEW YORK PCI SCORE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENT THROMBOSIS; STS SCORE; SYNTAX SCORE; SYNTAX SCORE II; TEAMWORK; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886717210     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2013.138     Document Type: Review

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