Intravascular ultrasound assessment of the stenoses location and morphology in the left main coronary artery in relation to anatomic left main length

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-4

  Maehara, Akiko ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^b   Castagna, Marco T ^a   Pichard, August D ^a   Satler, Lowell F ^a   Waksman, Ron ^a   Laird Jr, John R ^a   Suddath, William O ^a   Kent, Kenneth M ^a   Weissman, Neil J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0035399850     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01575-2     Document Type: Article

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