Comparison of angioscopic, intravascular ultrasonic, and angiographic detection of thrombus in coronary stenosis

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1273-1275

  Franzen, Damian ^a,b   Sechtem, Udo ^a   Höpp, Hans W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0032533756     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00616-X     Document Type: Article

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