Holmium:Yag laser‐assisted coronary angioplasty with multifiber delivery catheters

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 205-210

  White, Christopher J ^a   Ramee, Stephen R ^a   Collins, Tyrone J ^a   Mesa, Juan E ^a   Murgo, Joseph P ^a  

^a OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

fiberoptic transmission; infrared; PTCA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LASER ANGIOPLASTY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOPLASTY, LASER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PILOT PROJECTS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0027495433     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: 10970304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.1810300305     Document Type: Article

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