Unprotected left main angioplasty: A case report;Angioplastica del tronco comune non protetto: Un caso clinico

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1138-1142

  Ambrosini, Vittorio ^a,b   Tesorio, Tullio ^a   Salemme, Luigi ^a   Spidalieri, Gianluca ^a   Rubino, Paolo ^a  

^a Clinica Montevergine   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Left main stem; Stent

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; SAFETY; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; STENTS;

EID: 0031787317     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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