Catheter-induced left main dissection incidence, predisposition and therapeutic strategies experience from two sides of the hemisphere

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 233-236

  Awadalla, Hany ^a   Sabet, Sameh ^a   El Sebaie, Ashraf ^a   Rosales, Oscar ^a   Smalling, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HEPARIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEART CATHETER; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 16844362741     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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