Percutaneous coronary intervention on left main coronary artery trifurcation

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 279-281

  Anselmino, Matteo ^a   Biondi Zoccai, Giuseppe ^a   Moretti, Claudio ^a   Sheiban, Imad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Percutaneous coronary intervention; Stenting; Trifurcation

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY TRIFURCATION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GUIDE WIRE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 48449083184     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-008-1049-6     Document Type: Article

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