Drug-Eluting Stent-Induced Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Aneurysm: Repair by Pericardial Patch-Where Are We Headed?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1530-1532

  Luthra, Suvitesh ^a   Tatoulis, James ^a   Warren, Roderic J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; RAPAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; OFF PUMP SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIROLIMUS; STENTS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33947313565     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.12.060     Document Type: Article

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