Preliminary experiences using X-sizer catheter for mechanical thrombectomy of thrombus-containing lesions during acute coronary syndromes

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 443-448

  Kornowski, Ran ^a   Ayzenberg, Oded ^b   Halon, David A ^c   Kusniec, Fabio ^b   Assali, Abid ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Atherectomy; Fs percutaneous; Transluminal; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY STENT; DEVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; SAFETY; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; THROMBUS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VACUUM; VEIN GRAFT;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 12244255057     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.10408     Document Type: Article

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