Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in Jamaica: Preliminary results

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 115-119

  Denbow, C E ^a,b   Chung, E E ^a,b   Foster, W ^a,b   Gist, H ^a,b   Vlietstra, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JAMAICA; MALE; RESTENOSIS; TECHNIQUE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0031410341     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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