Intravascular ultrasound and stent implantation: Intraobserver and interobserver variability

American Heart Journal

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 368-371

  Blessing, Erwin ^a,b   Hausmann, Dirk ^a   Sturm, Matthias ^a   Wolpers, Hans Georg ^a   Amende, Ivo ^a   Mügge, Andreas ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0032938890     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hj.1999.v137.93032     Document Type: Article

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