Damage to polymer of undelivered sirolimus-eluting stents

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 130-133

  Kitahara, Hideki ^a   Kobayashi, Yoshio ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Masashi ^b   Fujimoto, Yoshihide ^c   Nameki, Mizuo ^d   Nakayama, Takashi ^a   Kuroda, Nakabumi ^a   Komuro, Issei ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KIMITSU CHUO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Chiba Kaihin Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Coronary artery disease; Drug eluting stents

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; RAPAMYCIN;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COATING; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HEART CATHETER; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CORONARY STENOSIS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYMERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIROLIMUS;

EID: 40449094745     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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