Procedural and follow up results with a new balloon expandable stent in unselected lesions

Heart

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 234-241

  Di Mario, C ^a   Reimers, B ^a   Almagor, Y ^b   Moussa, I ^a   Di Francesco, L ^a   Ferraro, M ^a   Leon, M B ^c   Richter, K ^d   Colombo, A ^a  

^a EMO GVM CENTRO CUORE COLUMBUS   (Italy)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Washington Cardiology Center   (United States)

^d Medinol Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coronary stenting; Intravascular ultrasound; Quantitative angiography; Restenosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; STENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0031945751     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.79.3.234     Document Type: Article

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