American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 91, Issue 5 , Pages 587-590 , 1 March 2003

Effect of uncoated stenting versus balloon angioplasty alone of long coronary (>20 mm) versus shorter narrowings on One-Year Event-Free survival

  • Fernando A. Cura, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Instituto Cardiovascular de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Corresponding Author InformationDr. Cura’s address is: Department of Cardiology, Instituto Cardiovascular de Buenos Aires, Blanco Encalada 1543, Buenos Aires (1428), Argentina.
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  • Samir R. Kapadia, MD

      Affiliations

    • the Department of Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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  • Philippe L. L’Allier, MD

      Affiliations

    • the Department of Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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  • Khaled M. Ziada, MD

      Affiliations

    • the Department of Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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  • Debabrata Mukherjee, MD

      Affiliations

    • the Department of Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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  • Katherine E. Wolski, MPH

      Affiliations

    • the Department of Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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  • Jay S. Yadav, MD

      Affiliations

    • the Department of Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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  • Sorin J. Brener, MD

      Affiliations

    • the Department of Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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  • Patrick L. Whitlow, MD

      Affiliations

    • the Department of Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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  • Eric J. Topol, MD

      Affiliations

    • the Department of Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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  • Stephen G. Ellis, MD

      Affiliations

    • the Department of Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Received 21 June 2002 ,Revised 21 October 2002 ,Accepted 21 October 2002.

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doi: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)03313-1

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 91, Issue 5 , Pages 587-590 , 1 March 2003

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