Intravascular ultrasound detected calcification of coronary lesions as a predictor of dissection after balloon angioplasty

International Journal of Cardiac Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 179-183

  Voigtlander T ^a   Rupprecht, H J ^a   Scharhag, J ^a   Kearney, P ^b   Nowak, B ^a   Stahr P ^a   Brennecke, R ^a   Meyer, J ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

balloon angioplasty; calcification; coronary artery disease; dissection; intravascular ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0029835433     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01806220     Document Type: Article

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