Unprotected left main stent placement in a patient with Takayasu's arteritis: An unusual solution for an unusual disease

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 253-255

  Amir, Offer ^a   Kar, Biswajit ^a   Civitello, Andrew B ^a   Palanichamy, Nanthini ^a   Shakir, Ali ^a   Delgado III, Reynolds M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Arteries pathology; Drug eluting; Inflammation; Left main coronary artery; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Stent; Takayasu's arteritis diagnosis complications therapy

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID;

ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; DRUG TOLERANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; AORTOGRAPHY; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; STENTS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS;

EID: 33748091371     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 07302347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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