Severe spasm of a radial artery coronary bypass graft during coronary intervention

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 331-335

  Kulkarni, Nitin M ^a   Thomas, Martyn R ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

PTCA; Radial artery transplantation; Spasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; HUMAN; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RADIAL ARTERY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0033047763     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(199907)47:3<331::AID-CCD19>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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