Factors affecting the therapeutic choice in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease

Heart

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 443-448

  De Servi, Stefano ^a   Galli, Stefano ^b   Onofri, Marco ^c   Boschetti, Enrico ^a   Oberti, Rossella ^d   Niccoli, Luigi ^e   De Biase, Anna Maria ^f   Rovelli, Gianni ^g   Carini, Massimo ^h   Regalia, Francesca ⁱ   Valentini, Paolo ^a   Bartorelli, Antonio ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Monzino   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Multizonale Varese   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^e Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^f OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^g RHO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h CREMONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Coronary angioplasty; Coronary artery disease; Coronary bypass surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; Q WAVE; REVASCULARIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 8544256354     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.77.5.443     Document Type: Article

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