Two-stent techniques for the treatment of coronary bifurcations with drug-eluting stents

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 188-198

  Iakovou, Ioannis ^a,b   Colombo, Antonio ^a  

^a EMO GVM CENTRO CUORE COLUMBUS   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bifurcations; Drug eluting stents; Techniques

Indexed keywords

PACLITAXEL; RAPAMYCIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BIOMATERIAL;

CATHETER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; RESTENOSIS; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; PROSTHESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; PACLITAXEL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24644460225     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: 10117970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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