title: Therapeutic strategy with total coronary artery occlusions.
abstract: Patients with a coronary artery occlusion are more likely to be revascularized surgically or to be treated conservatively than patients without occlusion. A higher prevalence of patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD), particularly with 3-vessel CAD, in the group with occlusion may account in part for this difference in management.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delacrétaz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meier
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013318:Stroke Volume; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy