Drug-eluting stenting of unprotected left main coronary artery stenosis in patients with orthotopic heart transplantation: Initial clinical experience

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 306-311

  Lee, Michael S ^a,b   Chun, Kook Jin ^a   Tobis, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug eluting stents; Left main coronary artery; Orthotopic heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REVASCULARIZATION; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RADIOGRAPHY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

RAPAMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIROLIMUS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41149098564     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21370     Document Type: Article

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