Safety and effectiveness of stent implantation without predilation for small coronary arteries

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 455-458

  Caputo, Ronald P ^a,b   Flately, Michael ^c   Ho, Kalon K L ^c,d   Baim, Donald S ^e  

^a SJH Cardiology Associates   (United States)

^b St Joseph's Hospital   (United States)

^c HARVARD CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Stent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESTENOSIS;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042666849     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.10581     Document Type: Article

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