The "Proxis-Tornus" technique for a difficult-to-cross calcified saphenous vein graft lesion

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Brilakis, Emmanouil S ^a   Banerjee, Subhash ^b  

^a VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bypass grafts coronary; New devices; Percutaneous coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BALLOON DILATATION; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEVICE THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EXTUBATION; GUIDE WIRE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; STENT; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VEIN GRAFT DISEASE;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50849138814     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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