Directional coronary atherectomy for coronary artery spasm refractory to medical therapy

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 662-664

  Hilton, Thomas C ^a,b   Blackshear, Joseph L ^a   Utset, Bernardo ^a   Kern, Morton J ^a  

^a St Luke's Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery spasm; directional atherectomy

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY;

EID: 0029813395     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960190815     Document Type: Article

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