Feasibility and safety of transradial stenting for unprotected left main coronary artery stenoses

Circulation Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 855-861

  Cheng, Cheng I ^a,b   Wu, Chiung Jen ^b   Fang, Chih Yuan ^b   Youssef, Ali A ^b   Chen, Chien Jen ^b   Chen, Shyh Ming ^b   Yang, Cheng Hsu ^b   Hsueh, Shu Kai ^b   Yip, Hon Kan ^b   Chen, Mien Cheng ^b   Fu, Morgan ^b   Hsieh, Yuan Kai ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coronary stenting; Left main coronary disease; Transradial approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; Q WAVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DEATH; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENTS; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34249662754     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.71.855     Document Type: Article

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