Treatment of recurrent pulmonary vein stenoses with endovascular stenting and adjuvant oral sirolimus

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 362-368

  Bromberg Marin, Guilherme ^a   Tsimikas, Sotirios ^a   Mahmud, Ehtisham ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary vein stenosis; Restenosis; Sirolimus; Stent

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; RAPAMYCIN; WARFARIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERICARDIUM; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; RECURRENCE; SIROLIMUS; STENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33847351606     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21036     Document Type: Article

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