Can stent-angioplasty be a valid alternative to surgery: When revascularization is indicated for anomalous origination of a coronary artery from the opposite sinus?

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 308-313

  Hariharan, Ramesh ^a   Kacere, Richard D ^a   Angelini, Paolo ^a,b  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty, transluminal,percutaneous coronary; Coronary artery bypass; Coronary disease; Coronary vessel anomalies; Heart defects, congenital; Myocardial revascularization methods; Stents; Ultrasonography, interventional

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE COURSE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINUS OF VALSALVA; STENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0036453160     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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