Simultaneous triple-balloon inflation technique within a 6 Fr guiding catheter for a trifurcation lesion

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Matsukage, Takashi ^a   Masuda, Naoki ^a   Ikari, Yuji ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; GUIDE WIRE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THE KING GHIDORAH TECHNIQUE; TRIPLE BALLOON INFLATION TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 48149096227     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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