Applications of a novel balloon catheter during coronary angioplasty

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 207-209

  Mego, David M ^a,b   Bailey, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

angioplasty; balloon; discrete fibrotic lesion; intracoronary stent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; STENT;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERS; STENTS;

EID: 0031028806     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199702)40:2<207::AID-CCD22>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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