Excimer laser angioplasty vs. balloon angioplasty in saphenous vein bypass grafts: Quantitative angiographic comparison of matched lesions

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-158

  Natarajan, Madhu K ^b   Bowman, Kimberley A ^b   Chisholm, Robert J ^b   Adelman, Allan G ^b   Isner, Jeffrey M ^b   Chokshi, Saurabh K ^b   Strauss, Bradley H ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

balloon angioplasty; bypass graft; coronary disease; excimer laser

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LASER ANGIOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; VEIN GRAFT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, LASER-ASSISTED; ANGIOPLASTY, LASER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEINS;

EID: 0029982519     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199606)38:2<153::AID-CCD7>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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