Percutaneous coronary intervention for distal unprotected left main coronary artery stenoses - The inadequacy of selective debulking strategy

Acta Cardiologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 234-246

  Cheng, Cheng I ^a,b   Fang, Chih Yuan ^a   Hsieh, Yuan Kai ^a   Chen, Chien Jen ^a   Yang, Cheng Hsu ^a   Yip, Hon Kan ^a   Chen, Mien Cheng ^a   Fu, Morgan ^a   Wu, Chiung Jen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Debulking; Left main coronary disease; Percutaneous coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

PACLITAXEL; RAPAMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ATHERECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RESTENOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39149121917     PISSN: 10116842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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