Membrane-covered stents for the treatment of aortocoronary vein graft disease

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-88

  Baldus, Stephan ^a   Köster, Ralf ^b   Reimers, Jacobus ^a   Hamm, Christian W ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Membrane; Polytetrafluorethylene; Restenosis; Stent in stent; Vein graft

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RESTENOSIS; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 0342859299     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(200005)50:1<83::aid-ccd18>3.0.co;2-h     Document Type: Article

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