Transatlantic Editorial: A comparison between European and North American guidelines on myocardial revascularization

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1307-1317

  Kolha, Philippe ^a   Kurlansky, Paul ^b   Cremer, Jochen ^c   Lawton, Jennifer ^d   Siepe, Matthias ^e   Fremes, Stephen ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Coronary artery disease; Guidelines; Heart team; Myocardial revascularization; Percutaneous coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETIC PATIENT; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; ISCHEMIA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OFF PUMP SURGERY; ON PUMP SURGERY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNTAX SCORE; TOTAL ARTERIAL REVASCULARIZATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT CARE;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EUROPE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84965128323     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezw086     Document Type: Article

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