Clinical and angiographic outcome of directional atherectomy followed by stent implantation in de novo lesions located at the ostium of the left anterior descending coronary artery

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1050-1054

  Airoldi, F ^b   Di Mario, C ^b   Stankovic, G ^b   Briguori, C ^b   Carlino, M ^b   Chieffo, A ^b   Liistro, F ^b   Montorfano, M ^b   Pagnotta, P ^b   Spanos, V ^b   Tavano, D ^b   Colombo, Antonio ^a,b  

^a EMO GVM Centro Cuore   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041827335     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.9.1050     Document Type: Article

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