Treatment of long dissections by use of a single long or multiple short stents: Clinical and angiographic follow-up

American Heart Journal

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 345-351

  De Scheerder, Ivan K ^a   Wang, Kai ^a   Kostopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Dens, Jo ^a   Desmet, Walter ^a   Piessens, Jan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

EID: 0031823991     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hj.1998.v136.89578     Document Type: Article

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