Stent implantation in a left anterior descending coronary artery through an internal mammary artery graft

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 311-313

  Rubartelli, Paolo ^a,b   Vischi, Massimo ^a   Giachero, Corinna ^a   Solinas, Gian Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

mammary artery angioplasty; Palmaz Schatz stent; short stent

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; STENT;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; RECURRENCE; STENTS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0029849019     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199611)39:3<311::AID-CCD23>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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