Laser wire for crossing chronic total occlusions: 'Learning phase' results from the U.S. TOTAL trial

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 235-243

  Oesterle, Stephen N ^a,q   Bittl, John A ^b   Leon, Martin B ^c   Hamburger, Jaap ^d   Tcheng, James E ^e   Litvack, Frank ^f   Margolis, James ^g   Gilmore, Paul ^h   Madsen, Ronald ⁱ   Holmes, David ^j   Moses, Jeffrey ^k   Cohen, Howard ^l   King III, Spencer ^m   Brinker, Jeffrey ⁿ   Hale, Terence ^o   Geraci, Dean J ^p   Kerker, William J ^p   Popma, Jeffrey ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Miami Heart Inst   (United States)

^h University Medical Center ^*  (United States)

ⁱ JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^k LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o Providence Hospital Mobile   (United States)

^p Spectranetics   (United States)

^q STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Angioplasty; Chronic total occlusion; Guidewire; Laser

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, LASER-ASSISTED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031804263     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199806)44:2<235::AID-CCD23>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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