Intravascular ultrasound for diagnosis of left main coronary artery stenosis

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 757-759

  Pande, Abhay K ^a   Tardif, Jean Claude ^a   Doucet, Serge ^a   De Guise, Pierre ^a   Pasternac, André ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Intravascular ultrasound; Left main coronary disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029835721     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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