Entrapment of guidewire in the coronary stent during percutaneous coronary intervention

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 425-426

  Kim, Chi Kyung ^a   Park, Chan Beom ^a,b   Jin, Ung ^a   Cho, Eun Ju ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b St Pauli's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass graft; Coronary stent; Guidewire

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; GUIDEWIRE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSELS; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; REOPERATION; STENTS;

EID: 33749501762     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-923805     Document Type: Article

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