A case of aortocoronary dissection as a complication during a percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 237-240

  Bae, Jang Ho ^a   Kim, Kwon Bae ^a   Kim, Kee Sik ^a   Kim, Yoon Nyun ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aortocoronary dissection; Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA); Stent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; AORTA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RUPTURE; SINUS OF VALSALVA; STENTS;

EID: 0032582862     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00242-3     Document Type: Article

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