A universal classification system for chronic total occlusions

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 302-304

  Jayasinghe, Rohan ^a   Paul, Varghese ^a   Rajendran, Sharmalar ^a  

^a GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiography; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Total occlusions

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CORONARY STENT; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RECANALIZATION; REVASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY OCCLUSION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION;

EID: 46349102075     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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