IVUS findings of restenosis caused by a sirolimus-eluting stent fracture

Japanese Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-71

  Makita, Yuko ^a   Okamoto, Mitsunori ^a   Hashimoto, Masaki ^a   Sueda, Takashi ^a   Yamasaki, Sumie ^a   Fujii, Yuichi ^a   Kajihara, Kenta ^a   Iwamoto, Akimichi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drug eluting stent; Restenosis; Stent fracture

Indexed keywords

RAPAMYCIN;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; RESTENOSIS; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; STENT FRACTURE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 33645319204     PISSN: 09148922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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