A new proposed simplified classification of coronary artery bifurcation lesions and bifurcation interventional techniques

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 199-204

  Movahed, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Stinis, Curtiss T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Coronary bifurcation; PCI; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Stenting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY BIFURCATION; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; CLASSIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; STENTS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33744981596     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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