A technique for type 4a coronary bifurcation lesions: Initial results and 6-month clinical evaluation

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 180-183

  Dardas, Petros S ^a   Tsikaderis, Dimitris D ^a   Mezilis, Nick E ^a   Styliadis, Giannis ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bifurcation lesions; Coronary angioplasty; Stents

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASPIRIN; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; STENTS; TICLOPIDINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037389198     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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