Long-term outcomes of bifurcation lesions after implantation of drug-eluting stents with the "mini-crush technique"

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 976-983

  Galassi, Alfredo R ^a,e   Colombo, Antonio ^b,c   Buchbinder, Maurice ^d   Grasso, Carmelo ^a   Tomasello, Salvatore D ^a   Ussia, Gian P ^a   Tamburino, Corrado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b EMO GVM CENTRO CUORE COLUMBUS   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Cardiac Foundation Clinic   (United States)

^e Ferrarotto Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bifurcation lesions; DES; Mini crush; Stent

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; TICLOPIDINE;

AORTA BIFURCATION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MORTALITY; RESTENOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; DATABASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PACLITAXEL; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SIROLIMUS; STENTS; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 34250182704     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21047     Document Type: Article

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