Chronic Total Coronary Occlusions: A Review of their Special Features and the Existing Techniques of Percutaneous Treatment

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 136-142

  Sionis, Dimitris G ^a,c   Tolis, Vassilis A ^a   Michalis, Lambros K ^b  

^a 1st IKA Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Percutaneous treatment; PTCA; Total occlusion

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; RECANALIZATION; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0842333808     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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