The retrograde coronary approach for chronic total occlusions: Mid-term results and technical tips & tricks

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 466-473

  Sheiban, Imad ^a   Moretti, Claudio ^a   Omedé, Pierluigi ^a   Sciuto, Filippo ^a   Bollati, Mario ^a   Laudito, Antonio ^a   Trevi, Gian Paolo ^a   Biondi Zoccai, Giuseppe G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DEVICE; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 36549058647     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2007.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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