Guide catheter exchange techniques: Bi-coaxial and other methods

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 442-444

  Selig, Michael B ^a,b   Yazdanfar, Shahriar ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Muhlenberg Hospital Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi coaxial; Exchange angioplasty; Guide catheter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GUIDE WIRE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TECHNIQUE;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS;

EID: 0030843710     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199708)41:4<442::AID-CCD24>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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