Review of percutaneous therapy for bifurcation lesions in the era of drug-eluting stents

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-105

  Pendyala, L ^a   Jabara, R ^a   Hou, D ^a   Shinke, T ^a   Li, J ^a   Gadesam, R ^a   Robinson, K ^a   Chronos, N ^a   Chen, J P ^a,b  

^a Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty, transluminal, percutaneous coronary; Coronary artery disease; Drug eluting stents

Indexed keywords

RAPAMYCIN;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG ELUTING STENT; HEART INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42049110739     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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