The value of intravascular ultrasound-facilitated internal carotid artery stenting in a patient with heavily calcified and ambiguous common carotid artery stenosis

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Tresukosol, Damras ^a   Wongpraparut, Nattawut ^a   Lirdvilai, Tippayawan ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; STENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 34447260883     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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