Acute occlusion of the left main coronary artery following intracoronary ultrasound examination

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-184

  Verstraete, Stefan F C ^a   Plokker, Thijs H W ^a   Ernst, Sjef ^a   Mast, Gijs ^a   Bal, Egbert ^a   Suttorp, Maarten J ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute coronary artery closure; Intracoronary ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY STENT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; RUPTURE; STENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0032994852     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(199906)47:2<181::aid-ccd11>3.0.co;2-u     Document Type: Article

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