Percutaneous intervention on the LIMA: Tackling the tortuosity

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 359-362

  Sharma, Sanjiv ^a   Makkar, Raj M ^b  

^a Central Cardiology Medical Clinic   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Balloon angioplasty; Bypass graft; Left internal mammary artery; PTCA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BALLOON; BYPASS SURGERY; CASE REPORT; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0038174985     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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