Chronic coronary artery disease: diagnosis and management

A Cassar, DR Holmes Jr, CS Rihal, BJ Gersh - Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2009 - Elsevier
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the single most common cause of death in the developed
world, responsible for about 1 in every 5 deaths. The morbidity, mortality, and …

Systematic review: the comparative effectiveness of percutaneous coronary interventions and coronary artery bypass graft surgery

DM Bravata, AL Gienger, KM McDonald… - Annals of internal …, 2007 - acpjournals.org
Background: The comparative effectiveness of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for patients in whom both procedures are …

Guidelines on the management of stable angina pectoris: executive summary: the Task Force on the Management of Stable Angina Pectoris of the European Society …

Authors/Task Force Members, K Fox… - European heart …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Stable angina pectoris is a common and sometimes disabling disorder. The development of
new tools for the diagnostic and prognostic assessments of patients, along with the …

Comparison of coronary artery bypass surgery and percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with diabetes: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

S Verma, ME Farkouh, B Yanagawa… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background The choice between coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) and percutaneous
coronary intervention (PCI) for revascularisation in patients with diabetes and multivessel …

Five-year follow-up of the Argentine randomized trial of coronary angioplasty with stenting versus coronary bypass surgery in patients with multiple vessel disease …

AE Rodriguez, J Baldi, CF Pereira, J Navia… - Journal of the American …, 2005 - jacc.org
Objectives: The purpose of the present study is to report the five-year follow-up results of the
ERACI II trial. Background: Immediate and one-year follow-up results of the ERACI II study …

Optimal method of coronary endarterectomy for diffusely diseased coronary arteries

H Nishi, S Miyamoto, S Takanashi… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Although several techniques for coronary artery bypass grafting have been
introduced that incorporate coronary endarterectomy (CE), there is little information about …

The association between prior percutaneous coronary intervention and short-term outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting

A Hassan, KJ Buth, RJF Baskett, IS Ali, A Maitland… - American heart …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Increasingly, patients are being referred for coronary artery bypass grafting
(CABG) for management of symptoms after prior percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) …

Treatment of left anterior descending coronary artery disease with sirolimus-eluting stents

N Sawhney, JW Moses, MB Leon, RE Kuntz… - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Revascularization strategies often hinge on the presence and degree of left
anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) stenosis. A decision for bypass surgery is often …

[PDF][PDF] Revascularization strategies of coronary multiple vessel disease in the Drug Eluting Stent Era: one year follow-up results of the ERACI III Trial

AE Rodriguez, L Grinfeld, C Fernandez-Pereira… - …, 2006 - researchgate.net
Objective: To compare the incidence of major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events
(MACCE) in patients with multiple vessel coronary artery disease treated with drug eluted …

Comparison of effectiveness of coronary artery bypass grafting versus percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy

P Buszman, I Szkróbka, A Gruszka, R Parma… - The American journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
The REvascularization in Ischemic HEart Failure Trial (REHEAT) is a nonrandomized, case-
controlled, prospective study assessing the hypothesis that surgical and percutaneous …