Journal article
Influence of Pre-PTCA Strategy and Initial PTCA Result in Patients With Multivessel Disease
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In PTCA patients with multivessel coronary artery disease, incomplete revascularization (IR) is the result of both pre-PTCA strategy and initial lesion outcome. The unique contribution of these components on long-term patient outcome is uncertain.
METHODS AND RESULTS: From the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI), 2047 patients who underwent first-time PTCA were evaluated. Before enrollment, all significant …
Authors
Kip KE; Bourassa MG; Jacobs AK; Schwartz L; Feit F; Alderman EL; Weiner BH; Weiss MB; Kellett MA; Sharaf BL
Journal
Circulation, Vol. 100, No. 9, pp. 910–917
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
August 31, 1999
DOI
10.1161/01.cir.100.9.910
ISSN
0009-7322