Stenting of an unprotected left main coronary artery stenosis in a cardiac transplant patient

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1131-1135

  Kong, Waitak ^a   Le May, Michel R ^a   Labinaz, Marino ^a   Davies, Ross A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Stents; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; COLESTIPOL; CYCLOSPORIN; NICOTINIC ACID; PRAVASTATIN; PREDNISONE; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DYSLIPIDEMIA; DYSPNEA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; STENTS;

EID: 0033379559     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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