Coronary artery bifurcation lesion classifications, interventional techniques and clinical outcome

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 261-274

  Movahed, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Atherosclerosis; Bifurcated; Bifurcating; Classifications; Coronary bifurcation; PCI; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; Stenting; Technique

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY BIFURCATION LESION; CORONARY STENT; CRUSH STENT TECHNIQUE; CULLOTTE STENT TECHNIQUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FINAL KISSING BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; KISSING STENT TECHNIQUE; NONHUMAN; ONE STENT TECHNIQUE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; REVIEW; STENT BALLOON TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; T STENT TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS; WIRING TECHNIQUE; ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40149089743     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.6.2.261     Document Type: Review

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