Embolization of a Wiktor stent within a stent: Successful nonsurgical management

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 277-279

  Kaul, Upendra ^a   Singh, Balbir ^a   Talwar, Kewal K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

dissection; PTCA; stent embolization; Wiktor stent

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BALLOON CATHETER; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; STENT; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BALLOON DILATATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; STENTS;

EID: 0029979792     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199607)38:3<277::AID-CCD13>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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