Visualization of a cluster of embolic particles causing angiographic no-reflow during percutaneous coronary intervention

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Okamura, Atsunori ^a   Ito, Hiroshi ^a   Fujii, Kenshi ^a  

^a Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BALLOON EMBOLIZATION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY STENT; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLISM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34447279868     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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