The anchor-tornus technique: A novel approach to "uncrossable" chronic total occlusions

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 554-557

  Kirtane, Ajay J ^a   Stone, Gregg W ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Coronary; Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI); Total occlusions

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; GUIDE WIRE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; STENOSIS;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY OCCLUSION; CORONARY STENOSIS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 35348983548     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21138     Document Type: Article

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