Introduction of the multilink stent into routine angioplasty practice: Early angiographic and clinical outcome

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-152

  Ruygrok, Peter ^b   Barron, Garry ^c   Ormiston, John ^a   Meredith, Ian ^c   Webster, Mark ^b   Harper, Richard ^c   Saltups, Andris ^c   O'Shaughnessy, Barbara ^b   Stewart, James ^b  

^a Mercy Hospital   (New Zealand)

^b GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary angioplasty; Stents

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031906416     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199802)43:2<147::AID-CCD8>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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