Assessing intermediate left main coronary lesions using intravascular ultrasound

American Heart Journal

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 983-988

  Sano, Koichi ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^a   Carlier, Stéphane G ^a   de Ribamar Costa Jr , Jose ^a   Qian, Jie ^a   Missel, Eduardo ^a   Shan, Shoujie ^a   Franklin Bond, Theresa ^a   Boland, Paul ^a   Weisz, Giora ^a   Moussa, Issam ^a   Dangas, George D ^a   Mehran, Roxana ^a   Lansky, Alexandra J ^a   Kreps, Edward M ^a   Collins, Michael B ^a   Stone, Gregg W ^a   Leon, Martin B ^a   Moses, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR LESION;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 35448929111     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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