Embolization. The "Dark Side" of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions**Editorials published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions or the American College of Cardiology.

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 277-278

  Di Mario, Carlo ^a   Ferrante, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ATHEROMA; BALLOON DILATATION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; GUIDE WIRE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; THROMBECTOMY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EMBOLISM; HUMANS; MICROSPHERES; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STENTS; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 44949207414     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2008.04.008     Document Type: Editorial

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