Treatment of a Left Internal Mammary Artery to Pulmonary Artery Fistula with Polytetrafluoroethylene Covered Stents

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-76

  Abbott, J Dawn ^a   Brennan, Joseph J ^a   Remetz, Michael S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Jomed ; Myocardial ischemia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; POLITEF;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FISTULA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; STENT;

ARTERIO-ARTERIAL FISTULA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ARTERY; REOPERATION; STENTS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 1242274553     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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