Retrograde Techniques and the Impact of Operator Volume on Percutaneous Intervention for Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions. An Early U.S. Experience

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 834-842

  Thompson, Craig A ^a   Jayne, John E ^b   Robb, John F ^b   Friedman, Bruce J ^b   Kaplan, Aaron V ^b   Hettleman, Bruce D ^b   Niles, Nathaniel W ^b   Lombardi, William L ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c North Cascade Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

angiography; angioplasty; chronic total occlusion; collateral; retrograde; stents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WORK EXPERIENCE;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY OCCLUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEARNING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 70349209076     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2009.05.022     Document Type: Article

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