Culotte versus T-stenting in bifurcation lesions: Immediate clinical and angiographic results and midterm clinical follow-up

American Heart Journal

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 336-343

  Kaplan, Sahin ^a   Barlis, Peter ^a   Dimopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   La Manna, Alessio ^a   Goktekin, Omer ^a   Galassi, Alfredo ^a   Tanigawa, Jun ^a   Di Mario, Carlo ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACLITAXEL; SIROLIMUS; STENTS;

EID: 34447561705     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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