Effects of focused force angioplasty: Pre-clinical experience and clinical confirmation

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 203-206

  Meerkin, David ^a   Lee, Seung H ^b   Tio, Fermin O ^c   Grube, Erberharde ^d   Wong, S Chiu ^b   Hong, Mun K ^b  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d Heart Center Sieburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balloon angioplasty; Controlled dissection; Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BALLOON CATHETER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; SWINE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANIMALS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, ANIMAL; PRESSURE; SAFETY; SWINE;

EID: 16844372778     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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