The Venture-balloon crush technique to treat a severely angulated bifurcation lesion via the radial approach - Lessons learned

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Hussain, Farrukh ^a   Rajaram, Mahadevan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Bifurcation; Crush stenting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GUIDE WIRE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; ST SEGMENT; T WAVE INVERSION;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS;

EID: 34347262387     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.04.016     Document Type: Article

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