Revascularization of chronic total occlusion of coronary artery: A challenge and an opportunity

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 400-404

  Sachdeva, Rajesh ^a   Sarkar, Kunal ^a   Sukhija, Rishi ^a   Khan, Qaisar ^a   Mehta, Jawahar L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic total occlusion; Drug eluting stents; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; PACLITAXEL; POLYMER; RAPAMYCIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RECANALIZATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846949397     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: 00194832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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