Retrograde chronic total occlusion intervention: Tips and tricks

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 806-814

  Wu, Eugene B ^a   Chan, Wilson W M ^a   Yu, Cheuk Man ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Collateral circulation; Coronary artery disease; Percutaneous coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY ARTERY COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; GUIDE WIRE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CATHETERIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY OCCLUSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58849084219     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21726     Document Type: Article

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