Percutaneous coronary angioplasty of unprotected left main stem: A case report

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1400-1403

  Carosio, Giuseppe ^a   Taverna, Giorgio ^a   Ballestrero, Giorgio ^a   Reale, Maurizio ^a  

^a C Arrigo Children's Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Left main stem; PTCA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; OLIGOPHRENIA; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS;

EID: 0032408342     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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