A randomized, controlled trial of saphenous vein graft intervention with a filter-based distal embolic protection device: TRAP trial

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 233-241

  Dixon, Simon R ^a   Mann, J Tift ^b   Lauer, Michael A ^a   Casale, Paul N ^c   Dippel, Eric J ^d   Strumpf, Robert K ^e   Feldman, Robert L ^f   Shear, Wendy ^g   Resar, Jon R ^h   Zimmer, Stevan D ^g   O'Neill, William W ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Wake Heart Associates   (United States)

^c LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Genesis Medical Center Davenport   (United States)

^e Arizona Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

^f Munroe Regional Med Center   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBOLISM PREVENTION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; EMBOLISM; GRAFT OCCLUSION; INSTRUMENTATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STENTS;

EID: 27244433469     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2005.00039.x     Document Type: Article

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