Successful use of sirolimus-eluting stents for treatment of ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction caused by left main coronary artery occlusion

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 421-423

  Bush, Howard S ^a   Strong, David E ^a   Novaro, Gian M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty, transluminal, percutaneous coronary; Arterial occlusive diseases complications; Coronary angiography; Human; Male; Middle aged; Myocardial infarction etiology therapy; Stents, drug eluting

Indexed keywords

RAPAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; CASE REPORT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; REVIEW; SIROLIMUS ELUTING STENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STENT; SURVIVAL;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SIROLIMUS; STENTS;

EID: 24944484331     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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