A case of stent strut fracture of a paclitaxel-eluting stent at the time of stent implantation in a complex coronary lesion

Korean Circulation Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 387-389

  Lee, Hyun Sook ^a   Hur, Seung Ho ^a   Nam, Chang Wook ^a   Cho, Yun Kyeong ^a   Kim, Hyungseop ^a   Han, Seong Wook ^a   Kim, Kwon Bae ^a   Kim, Yoon Nyun ^a  

^a Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Drug eluting stents; Stent, fracture

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CILOSTAZOL; CLOPIDOGREL; PACLITAXEL;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SMOKING; STENT STRUT FRACTURE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 51349150250     PISSN: 17385520     EISSN: 17385555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2008.38.7.387     Document Type: Article

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