Short- and intermediate-term clinical outcomes from direct myocardial laser revascularization guided by biosense left ventricular electromechanical mapping

Circulation

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1120-1125

  Kornowski, Ran ^a   Baim, Donald S ^b   Moses, Jeffrey W ^c   Hong, Mun K ^a   Laham, Roger J ^b   Fuchs, Shmuel ^a   Hendel, Robert C ^d   Wallace, Deborah ^b   Cohen, David J ^b   Bonow, Robert O ^d   Kuntz, Richard E ^b   Leon, Martin B ^c  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angina; Ischemia; Lasers; Myocardium; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034609522     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.102.10.1120     Document Type: Article

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