Percutaneous coronary intervention in tortuous coronary arteries: Associated complications and strategies to improve success

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 504-511

  Saeed, Bilal ^a   Banerjee, Subhash ^a   Brilakis, Emmanouil S ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY TORTUOSITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56549123637     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2008.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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