Is intravascular ultrasound after coronary stenting a safe procedure? Three cases of stent damage attributable to ICUS in a tantalum coil stent

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-270

  Nicosia, Antonino ^a   Van Der Giessen, Willem J ^c   Airiian, Sergei G ^c   Von Birgelen, Clemens ^c   De Feyter, Pim J ^c   Serruys, Patrick W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

coronary stenting; intracoronary ultrasound; tantalum coil stent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CORONARY DISEASE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; TANTALUM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0031055074     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199703)40:3<265::AID-CCD9>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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