Transmyocardial holmium laser revascularization: Preliminary results;Rivascolarizzazione transmiocardica con laser ad olmio: Risultati preliminari

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1011-1018

  Milano, Aldo ^a   De Carlo, Marco ^a   Pratali, Stefano ^a   Barzaghi, Carlo ^a   Nardi, Carmela ^a   Paterni, Giovanni ^a   Bellina, Calogero R ^a   Mariotti, Rita ^a   Bortolotti, Uberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Laser; Transmyocardial revascularization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY DISEASE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOLMIUM; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030800481     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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