Stent implantation without predilation in patients with a single, noncalcified coronary artery lesion

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1250-1253

  Danzi, Gian Battista ^a   Capuano, Cinzia ^a   Fiocca, Luigi ^a   Dallavalle, Francesco ^a   Pirelli, Salvatore ^a   Mauri, Luigi ^a   Quaini, Eugenio ^b  

^a Cardiology Department   (Italy)

^b Spedali Civili   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY DIAMETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SHORT SURVEY; THROMBOSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0032727471     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00540-8     Document Type: Article

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