Subacute narrowing of the left main coronary artery following directional atherectomy for proximal obstructive coronary artery disease

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 361-363

  Piek, Jan J ^a   Koch, Karel T ^a   Van Der Wal, Allard C ^a   Becker, Anton E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

directional atherectomy; left main coronary stenosis; restenosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FATALITY; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; RESTENOSIS;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ATHERECTOMY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0030983112     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199704)40:4<361::AID-CCD8>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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