Cardiac catheter complications related to left main stem disease

Heart

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 76-78

  Kovac, J D ^a   De Bono, D P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiac catheter; complication; left main stem

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029815808     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.76.1.76     Document Type: Article

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