Treating chronic total occlusions using subintimal tracking and reentry: The STAR technique

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 407-411

  Colombo, Antonio ^a,b   Mikhail, Ghada W ^a   Michev, Iassen ^a   Iakovou, Ioannis ^b   Airoldi, Flavio ^a   Chieffo, Alaide ^a   Rogacka, Renata ^a   Carlino, Mauro ^a   Montorfano, Matteo ^a   Sangiorgi, Giuseppe M ^b   Corvaja, Nicola ^b   Stankovic, Goran ^c  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b EMO GVM CENTRO CUORE COLUMBUS   (Italy)

^c Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Restenosis; Stents; Total occlusions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUIDE WIRE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; RECANALIZATION; RESTENOSIS; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; STENT; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 20144387051     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20307     Document Type: Article

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