Left main crumpling during left anterior descending angioplasty: Hitherto unreported location for the "accordion effect"

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 363-367

  Alvarez, José A G ^a   Leiva, Gustavo ^a   Manavella, Bibiana ^a   Adolfo Cosentino, J J ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arterial intussusception; Pseudo narrowing; PTCA

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETREATMENT;

EID: 0035127475     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.1083     Document Type: Article

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