Serial angiographic and intravascular ultrasound analysis of late stent strut fracture of sirolimus-eluting stents in native coronary arteries

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-259

  Yamada, Ko P ^a   Koizumi, Tomomi ^b   Yamaguchi, Hiroshi ^c   Kaneda, Hideaki ^b   Bonneau, Heidi N ^b   Honda, Yasuhiro ^b   Fitzgerald, Peter J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Tenyoukai Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Intravascular ultrasound; IVUS; SES; Sirolimus eluting stent; Stent fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SIROLIMUS ELUTING STENT; STENT FRACTURE;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; SIROLIMUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 54549119292     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.08.082     Document Type: Article

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