Advantage of stents in the most proximal left anterior descending coronary artery

American Heart Journal

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 719-725

  Phillips, P S ^a   Segovia, J ^a   Alfonso, F ^a   Goicolea, J ^a   Hernandez, R ^a   Banuelos, C ^a   Fernandez Ortiz, A ^a   Perez Vizcayno, M J ^a   Kimura, B J ^a   Macaya, C ^a  

^a Mercy Medical Center San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 18744433751     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(98)70292-3     Document Type: Article

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