Interventional treatment of noncoronary atherosclerotic pathologies: An update about what the cardiologists should know

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-113

  Rigatelli, Gianluca ^a,b   Zanchetta, Mario ^a  

^a Cittadella General Hospital   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Interventional cardiology; Peripheral vascular disease; Stenting

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; PATHOLOGY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RENAL ARTERY; REVIEW; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RENAL ARTERY;

EID: 4544372621     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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