Rheolytic thrombectomy of chronic coronary occlusion

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 483-489

  Kim, Richard H ^a   Fischman, David L ^a   Dempsey, Colleen M ^a   Savage, Michael P ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Thrombectomy; Thrombus; Total occlusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBUS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0344542097     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199804)43:4<483::AID-CCD31>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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