Ultrasound-guided atherectomy: The vision for the future?

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 299-303

  Yock, Paul G ^a   Yock, Cynthia A ^a   Fitzgerald, Peter J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery disease intervention; directional coronary atherectomy; intravascular ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0029743882     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-199604000-00006     Document Type: Review

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