A case of IVUS catheter detachment after becoming entrapped with stent struts implanted two years before

Japanese Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 333-337

  Kawai, Hideki ^a   Tanaka, Miho ^a   Murata, Yoshihiro ^a   Koyasu, Masayoshi ^a   Horibe, Hideki ^a   Yanase, Masanobu ^a   Takemoto, Kenji ^a   Nonokawa, Makoto ^a   Shimizu, Seiji ^a   Watarai, Masato ^a  

^a ANJO KOSEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelialisation; IVUS; PCI

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY LESION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; MALE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; STENT; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33749497271     PISSN: 09148922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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