Through the back door - Retrograde stenting in chronic total occlusions

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 370-

  Hehrlein, Christoph ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PACLITAXEL;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; CORONARY STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; GUIDE WIRE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NOTE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RESTENOSIS; RISK REDUCTION; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY OCCLUSION; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; PERICARDIUM; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53849110666     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21729     Document Type: Note

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