Revascularization strategies for patients with stable coronary artery disease

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 276, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 336-351

  Iqbal, J ^a,b   Serruys, P W ^b,c  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Coronary artery disease; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; CYTOCHROME P450; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; EVEROLIMUS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LACTIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; NOVOLIMUS; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYCARBONATE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; POVIDONE; PRASUGREL; RAPAMYCIN; TICAGRELOR; UMIROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; BIORESORBABLE SCAFFOLD; BIORESORBABLE VASCULAR STENT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ELUTING CORONARY STENT; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; EUROSCORE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW RISK PATIENT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OBESITY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; STAINLESS STEEL IMPLANT; STENT THROMBOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNTAX SCORE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RISK FACTOR;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84922392476     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joim.12243     Document Type: Review

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