2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. A report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 58; no. 24; pp. e44 - e122
• Main Authors: Levine, Glenn N, Bates, Eric R, Blankenship, James C, Bailey, Steven R, Bittl, John A, Cercek, Bojan, Chambers, Charles E, Ellis, Stephen G, Guyton, Robert A, Hollenberg, Steven M, Khot, Umesh N, Lange, Richard A, Mauri, Laura, Mehran, Roxana, Moussa, Issam D, Mukherjee, Debabrata, Nallamothu, Brahmajee K, Ting, Henry H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Limited 06.12.2011
• Subjects: Acute coronary syndromes; Angioplasty; Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary - methods; Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary - standards; Anticoagulants; Cardiology; Cardiovascular disease; Clinical medicine; Coronary vessels; Diabetes; Heart; Heart attacks; Humans; Kidney diseases; Medical imaging; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Stents; Success; Task forces; Thrombosis; Writing

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