FilterWire Ex membrane tear from plaque burden

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 160-162

  Nguyen, Nhan ^a   Gudavalli, Anuradha ^a   Cove, Christopher ^a,b  

^a STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal protection device; Embolization; Percutaneous coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FILTER; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; DISTAL PROTECTIVE DEVICE; EMBOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL FAILURE; MEMBRANE TEAR; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; EMBOLISM; FILTRATION; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; SAFETY;

EID: 13244275295     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20258     Document Type: Article

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