High-speed rotational atherectomy for chronic total coronary occlusions

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1996, Pages 34-39

  Levin, Thomas N ^a   Carroll, John ^a   Feldman, Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atherectomy; Rotablator(TM); rotational atherectomy; total occlusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT FAILURE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ATHERECTOMY, CORONARY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030339317     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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