Fatal infection of coronary stent implantation

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 168-170

  Leroy, Olivier ^a   Martin, Emmanuel ^b   Prat, Alain ^b   Decoulx, Eric ^b   Georges, Hughes ^b   Guilley, Jerome ^b   Beuscart, Claude ^b   Beaucaire, Gilles ^b  

^a Hopital Chatilliez   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

bacteremia; coronary infective aneurysm; coronary stenting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FATALITY; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0029972217     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199610)39:2<168::AID-CCD12>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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