Coronary stenting for transplant coronary artery disease

American Heart Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1218-1221

  Butman, Samuel M ^a,b   Copeland, Jack G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

EID: 0029887409     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90100-3     Document Type: Article

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