FX MiniRAIL™ catheter usage for treatment of de novo complex coronary lesions: Results from the "OFFAR"

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 250-257

  Vitrella, Giancarlo ^a   Sangiorgi, Giuseppe ^a   Kornowski, Ran ^c   Mosseri, Morris ^d   Almagor, Yaron ^e   Ischinger, Thomas ^f   Pavlidis, Gregory ^g   Rodermann, Jorg ^h   Bartorelli, Antonio ⁱ   Wijns, William ^j   Grube, Eberhard ^k   Colombo, Antonio ^a,b,l  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b EMO GVM Centro Cuore   (Italy)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

^g ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

ⁱ CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^j CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Belgium)

^k Heart Center Siegburg   (Germany)

^l EMO GVM CENTRO CUORE COLUMBUS   (Italy)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; SAFETY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; STENOSIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTENOSIS; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS;

EID: 33744733099     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2006.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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