Angiographic analysis of immediate and long-term results of PTCR vs. PTCA in complex lesions (COBRA study)

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 359-367

  Dietz, Ulrich ^a,e   Rupprecht, Hans Juergen ^a   Ekinci, Okan ^a   Dill, Thorsten ^b   Erbel, Raimund ^c   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^d   Abdollahnia, Reza ^a   Rippin, Gerd ^a   Meyer, Juergen ^a   Hamm, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e DEUTSCHE KLINIK FÜR DIAGNOSTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex coronary artery lesion; Coronary artery disease; Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA); Rotational atherectomy (PTCR)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTENOSIS;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ATHERECTOMY, CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034943390     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.1181     Document Type: Article

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