Intravascular ultrasound findings after excimer laser coronary angioplasty

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-118

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

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Washington Cardiology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Excimer laser angioplasty; Intravascular ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, LASER-ASSISTED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0030066562     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199602)37:2<113::AID-CCD1>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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