Excimer laser coronary angioplasty: The New Approaches to Coronary Intervention (NACI) experience

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 10 A, 1997, Pages

  Holmes Jr , David R ^a   Mehta, Sameer ^b   George, Charles J ^c   Margolis, James R ^e   Leon, Martin B ^f   Isner, Jeffery M ^g   Bittl, John A ^h   King III, Spencer B ⁱ   Siegel, Robert M ^j   Sketch, Michael H ^l   Cowley, Michael J ^g   Roubin, Gary S ^m   Brinker, Jeffery A ⁿ   Overlie, Paul A ^o   Tcheng, James ^p   Sanborn, Timothy A ^k   Litvack, Frank ^d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Cedars Medical Center Miami   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Miami Heart Inst   (United States)

^f Washington Heart   (United States)

^g ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Advanced Cardiac Specialists   (United States)

^k WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^o JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^p Cardiology Associates of Lubbock   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISSECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345019936     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00769-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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