Endovascular therapy for left main compression syndrome: Case report and literature review

Chest

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1648-1650

  Caldera, Angel E ^a   Cruz Gonzalez, Ignacio ^a   Bezerra, Hiram G ^a   Cury, Ricardo C ^a   Palacios, Igor F ^a   Cockrill, Barbara A ^a   Inglessis Azuaje, Ignacio ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Left main compression; Pulmonary hypertension; Stent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARE METAL STENT; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT MAIN CORONARY ARTERY COMPRESSION SYNDROME; LUNG ARTERY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66649110805     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-2922     Document Type: Article

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