"Backdoor" alternative approach to stenting of a post-anastomotic coronary artery lesion via a chronically obstructed right coronary artery after failure to stent through a tortuous free internal mammary graft

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 243-247

  Chan, Richard Y J ^a   Gunalingam, Brendan ^a  

^a GOSFORD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY STENT; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS;

EID: 34547735482     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2007.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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