Role of intravascular ultrasound in unprotected left main percutaneous coronary intervention

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-89

  Das, Paul ^a   Meredith, Ian ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intravascular ultrasound; Left main stem; Percutaneous coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG ELUTING STENT; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RESTENOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33846538497     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.5.1.81     Document Type: Review

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