New concept for CTO recanalization using controlled antegrade and retrograde subintimal tracking: The CART technique

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 334-338

  Surmely, Jean Francois ^a   Tsuchikane, Etsuo ^a   Katoh, Osamu ^a   Nishida, Yasunori ^b   Nakayama, Mutsuo ^c   Nakamura, Shigeru ^d   Oida, Akitsugu ^e   Hattori, Eijiro ^f   Suzuki, Takahiko ^a  

^a Toyohashi Heart Center Toyohashi   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hamada Medical Center   (Japan)

^d KYOTO KATSURA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Takase Clinic   (Japan)

^f Hokushin General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED ANTEGRADE AND RETROGRADE SUBINTIMAL TRACKING; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNICA INTIMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33745745280     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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