Balloon to artery ratio, not inflation pressure, correlates with adequate stent deployment: Size is more important than pressure

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 223-229

  Fujise, Kenichi ^a,b   Yhip, Peter A ^a   Vernon Anderson, H ^a   Schroth, George ^a   Rosales, Oscar ^a   Smalling, Richard W ^a  

^a MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BAROTRAUMA; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0033816548     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2000.tb00296.x     Document Type: Article

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