Angioscopic evaluation of thrombus removal by the POSSIS AngioJet® thrombectomy catheter

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 338-343

  Rodés, Josep ^b   Bilodeau, Luc ^a   Bonan, Raoul ^b   Joyal, Michel ^b   Bertrand, Olivier F ^b   Côté, Gilles ^b  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Angioscopy; Aortocoronary bypass graft; Coronary angioplasty; Coronary thrombosis; Thrombosuction

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; SUCTION; TECHNIQUE; THROMBECTOMY; VEIN GRAFT;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANGIOSCOPES; ANGIOSCOPY; CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; THROMBECTOMY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0031913096     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199803)43:3<338::AID-CCD23>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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