Any definition of coronary CTO must consider the degree of lumen narrowing, antegrade
blood flow grade, and age of the occlusion. CTOs are characterized by significant …

Background: The comparative effectiveness of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for patients in whom both procedures are …

Background Coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous transluminal
coronary angioplasty (PTCA) are alternative methods of revascularization in patients with …

Objective: Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a common and morbid intraperitoneal
infection. Although most women with pelvic inflammatory disease are treated as outpatients …

Summary...... 1277 1.3. 4. Comparison With Percutaneous Techniques...... 1277 1.3. 4.1.
Overview of Randomized Trials...... 1278 1.3. 4.2. Results of Randomized Trials...... 1280 1.3 …

A method and systems for treating chronic total occlusions, particularly those that are difficult
to treat, is disclosed. In this approach, recanalizing the CTO is achieved using a combined …

OBJECTIVES To compare seven-year survival in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization
Investigation (BARI) patients randomly assigned to percutaneous transluminal coronary …

Background Randomized trials comparing coronary angioplasty with bypass surgery in
patients with multivessel coronary disease have shown no significant differences in overall …

Background—Numerous studies have shown that women undergoing coronary
revascularization procedures do so at a higher risk for an adverse outcome compared with …

As there is even yet a lingering doubt in many minds with regard to some trees, whether they
bear flowers and seed or not, it is the more important to show not only that they do, but for …