Retrograde recanalization of chronically occluded coronary arteries: Illustration and description of the technique

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 833-841

  Kukreja, Neville ^a   Serruys, Patrick W ^a   Sianos, Georgios ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collaterals; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Total occlusions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; GUIDE WIRE; HEART CATHETER; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MALE; RETROGRADE APPROACH; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249882496     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21022     Document Type: Article

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