Improvement of the primary success rate of recanalization of chronic total coronary occlusions with the Safe-Cross system after failed conventional wire attempts

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 489-496

  Werner, Gerald S ^a   Fritzenwanger, Michael ^b   Prochnau, D ^b   Schwarz, G ^b   Krack, Andreas ^b   Ferrari, Markus ^b   Figulla, Hans R ^b  

^a KLINIKUM DARMSTADT   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic coronary occlusion; Interventional technique; Percutaneous coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECANALIZATION; REFLECTOMETRY; SAFE CROSS WIRE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34347356430     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-007-0519-7     Document Type: Article

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