First clinical experience of a novel penetration catheter for patients with severe coronary artery stenosis

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 368-373

  Tsuchikane, Etsuo ^a   Katoh, Osamu ^a   Shimogami, Manabu ^b   Ito, Tatsuya ^a   Ehara, Mariko ^a   Sato, Hidetoshi ^a   Matsubara, Tetsuo ^a   Suzuki, Takahiko ^a  

^a Toyohashi Heart Center Toyohashi   (Japan)

^b Asahi Intecc Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic total occlusion; Coronary artery disease; New device; Percutaneous coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEART CATHETER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CALCINOSIS; CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 21244439516     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20394     Document Type: Article

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