Retained percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty guidewire in coronary circulation

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 653-654

  Ozkan, Mustafa ^a   Yokusoglu, Mehmet ^a   Uzun, Mehmet ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; Retained intracoronary guidewire

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; LONG ACTING DRUG; METOPROLOL; NITRATE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FOREIGN BODY; GUIDE WIRE; HEART AKINESIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MALE; RETAINED INTRACORONARY GUIDE WIRE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 28944449792     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.60.6.2004939     Document Type: Article

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