What to do when everything has failed: alternative treatment strategies for failure revascularisations.
Percutaneous coronary intervention and bypass grafting are effective for relieving symptoms and improving outcome in patients with coronary artery disease. Despite advances in medical treatment and revascularisation procedures, some patients with symptomatic ischaemic cardiomyopathy are not candidates for revascularisation. As life expectancy increases, interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons face patients with more complex disease, such as those with diffuse coronary disease that cannot be completely revascularised.
Jiménez-Quevedo
Pilar
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The Cardiovascular Institute, San Carlos University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. patrop@telefonica.net
González Ferrer
Juan José
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Perín
Emerson
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D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D015908:Counterpulsation; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D018579:Patient Selection; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D002317:Cardiovascular Agents