Drug-Eluting Stent Fracture. Promise and Performance

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 1932-1934

  Carter, Andrew J ^a  

^a Tucson Med Center   (United States)

Author keywords

drug eluting stent; pathology; stent fracture

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BARE METAL STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; EDITORIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STENT THROMBOSIS;

CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 70350717992     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.07.035     Document Type: Editorial

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