Successful transradial antegrade coronary intervention of a rare right coronary artery high anterior downward takeoff anomalous chronic total occlusion by double-anchoring techique and retrograde guidance

International Heart Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 531-538

  Fang, Hsiu Yu ^a   Wu, Cheng Ching ^a   Wu, Chiung Jen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anchoring technique; Anomaly of right coronary artery; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Retrograde guidance; Right coronary artery chronic total occlusion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; METHODOLOGY; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY; SUTURING METHOD; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY OCCLUSION; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; HUMANS; MALE; RADIAL ARTERY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 70349264297     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.50.531     Document Type: Article

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