Incomplete stent apposition in a left main bifurcated lesion after kissing stent implantation

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Murasato, Yoshinobu ^a   Suzuka, Hiroshi ^a   Suzuki, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a Chikuho Social Insurance Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAPAMYCIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY STENT; DESCENDING AORTA; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; RESTENOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETREATMENT; SIROLIMUS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750691074     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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