Utility of pilot wire in angioplasty of tortuous and highly angulated coronary arteries

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 268-270

  Chandra, Praveen ^a   Cribier, Alain ^a   Seth, Ashok ^a  

^a ESCORTS HEART INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Guidewire; Tortuous coronary artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030066179     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199603)37:3<268::AID-CCD10>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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