Stenting of partial and total coronary occlusions in Trinidad and Tobago

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 22-25

  Thomas, C N ^a   Williams, D H ^a   Hinds, A ^a   Daniel, S ^a   Ryan, F ^a   Ramroop, C ^a   Nath, C F ^a   Crosby, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT DISEASE; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANTICOAGULANTS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; STENTS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0035291714     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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