Axial plaque redistribution as a mechanism of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 427-430

  Mintz, Gary S ^a   Pichard, Augusto D ^a   Kent, Kenneth M ^a   Satler, Lowell F ^a   Popma, Jeffrey J ^a   Leon, Martin B ^b  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Washington Cardiology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0030029272     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)89379-4     Document Type: Article

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