Clinical application and image interpretation in intracoronary ultrasound

European Heart Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 207-229

  Di Mario, C ^a   Gorge G ^b   Peters, R ^b   Kearney, P ^b   Pinto, F ^b   Hausmann, D ^b   Von Birgelen, C ^b   Colombo, A ^b   Mudra, H ^b   Roelandt, J ^b   Erbel, R ^b  

^a EMO GVM CENTRO CUORE COLUMBUS   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coronary stents; Directional and rotational atherectomy; Intracoronary ultrasound; Percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ATHERECTOMY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CATHETER; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; GUIDE WIRE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT; VASOSPASM;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HUMANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; STENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 13144281700     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1996.0433     Document Type: Review

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