Coronary artery bifurcation lesions: a review and update on classification and interventional techniques

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 263-268

  Movahed, Mohammad Reza ^a,b,c   Kern, Karl ^a   Thai, Hoang ^b   Ebrahimi, Ramin ^d   Friedman, Mark ^a,c   Slepian, Marvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c University Physicians Hospital at Kino   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Classification; Coronary bifurcation; PCI; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Stenting

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53349108473     PISSN: 15538389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2008.05.003     Document Type: Review

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