Magnum wire for percutaneous coronary balloon angioplasty in 800 total chronic occlusions

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 634-637

  Allemann, Yves ^b   Kaufmann, Urs P ^b   Meyer, Beat J ^b   Gunnes, Paul ^b   Urban, Philip ^b   Mülhauser, Bruno ^b   Dorsaz, Pierre André ^b   Meier, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030955175     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00438-4     Document Type: Article

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