Coronary stenting versus coronary bypass surgery in patients with multiple vessel disease and significant proximal LAD stenosis: results from the ERACI II study

A Rodriguez, MR Alemparte, J Baldi, J Navia… - Heart, 2003 - heart.bmj.com
Purpose: To compare percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using stent implantation
versus coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) in patients with multiple vessel disease with …

Current incidence and determinants of perioperative myocardial infarction in coronary artery surgery

SC Greaves, JD Rutherford, SF Aranki, LH Cohn… - American Heart …, 1996 - Elsevier
Increasingly, patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are elders, have
had previous CABG, and have poor left ventricular function. To evaluate determinants of …

Procedural results and late clinical outcomes following multivessel coronary stenting

R Kornowski, R Mehran, LF Satler, AD Pichard… - Journal of the American …, 1999 - jacc.org
Objectives To evaluate in-hospital and long-term clinical outcomes in a large consecutive
series of patients undergoing percutaneous multivessel stent intervention. Background High …

Management of chronic stable angina: medical therapy, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, and coronary artery bypass graft surgery: lessons from the …

AJ Solomon, BJ Gersh - Annals of internal medicine, 1998 - acpjournals.org
Purpose: To review the available data on the treatment of chronic stable angina and
formulate a rational approach to the use of pharmacologic therapy, percutaneous …

The revival of surgical treatment for isolated proximal high grade LAD lesions by minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting

A Diegeler, N Spyrantis, M Matin, V Falk… - European Journal of …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Background: Percutaneous coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and stent implantation have
become the first-line intervention for patients with isolated proximal LAD-lesions. Minimally …

Two-to three-year follow-up of patients with single-vessel coronary artery disease randomized to PTCA or medical therapy (results of a VA cooperative study)

PM Hartigan, JC Giacomini, ED Folland… - The American journal of …, 1998 - Elsevier
Despite increasing use of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) to treat
stenotic coronary artery disease, there are relatively few prospective studies evaluating its …

Recommended adult immunization schedule: United States, October 2007–September 2008

Advisory Committee on Immunization … - Annals of Internal …, 2007 - acpjournals.org
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) presents the Adult Immunization
Schedule for October 2007–September 2008, which was approved in June 2007, and …

[PDF][PDF] A stent is not just a stent: stent construction and design do matter in its clinical performance

KW Lau, A Johan, U Sigwart, JS Hung - SINGAPORE MEDICAL …, 2004 - smj.org.sg
The undisputed superiority of stents over conventional balloon angioplasty has resulted in a
plethora of stents in clinical use. Recent data, however, have indicated not all stent models …

Unstable angina: current concepts of pathogenesis and treatment

JA Ambrose, G Dangas - Archives of internal medicine, 2000 - jamanetwork.com
During the past 15 years, we have learned an enormous amount about the pathogenesis
and treatment of unstable angina. In most cases of unstable rest angina, the pathogenesis is …

Gene therapy for restenosis: are we ready?

MB DeYoung, DA Dichek - Circulation research, 1998 - Am Heart Assoc
The application of gene therapy techniques to the clinical problem of coronary restenosis
has generated tremendous attention and enthusiasm. Use of gene transfer technology to …