Recanalization of total coronary occlusions using a laser guidewire (The European TOTAL Surveillance Study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1419-1423

  Hamburger, Jaap N ^a   Serruys, Patrick W ^a   Scabra Gomes, Rodrigo ^a   Simon, Rudiger ^a   Koolen, Jacques J ^a   Fleck, Eckhard ^a   Mathey, Detlef ^a   Sievert, Horst ^a   Rutsch, Wolfgang ^a   Buchwald, Arnd ^a   Marco, Jean ^a   Al Kasab, Saad M ^a   Pizulli, Luciano ^a   Hamm, Christian ^a   Corcos, Thiery ^a   Reifart, Nicolaus ^a   Hanrath, Peter ^a   Taeymans, Yves ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; REFRACTORY PERIOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030732114     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00704-2     Document Type: Article

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