Emergency stent placement in left main coronary artery subocclusion following diagnostic angiography

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1025-1027

  Pierli, Carlo ^a   Casini, Stefano ^a   Sinicropi, Giuseppe ^a   Del Sordo, Marcello ^a   Bravi, Achille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary stent; Left main stenosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031684524     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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