Surgical angioplasty of the left main coronary artery. Evaluation and postoperative follow-up with intravascular ultrasound;Ostiumplastik des linken hauptstammes. Indikationsstellung und postoperative qualitätskontrolle durch intravaskulären ultraschall

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 846-852

  Spencker, S ^a   Hetzer, R ^b   Krebs, P ^a   Witzenbichler, B ^a   Schultheiss, H P ^a   Hohmann, Claudia ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intravascular ultrasound; IVUS in ostial lesions; Left main artery stenosis; Ostial patch plastic

Indexed keywords

HEART ENZYME;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTOFEMORAL BYPASS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; THORAX PAIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0036917064     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-002-0849-4     Document Type: Article

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