Sirolimus-eluting stent implantation for chronic total occlusion of the left main coronary artery

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-69

  Aoki, Jiro ^a   Hoye, Angela ^a   Staferov, Anton V ^b   Alekyan, Bagrat G ^b   Serruys, Patrick W ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c Thoraxcentre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAPAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SIROLIMUS; STENTS;

EID: 16344387549     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2005.04069.x     Document Type: Article

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