Percutaneous coronary intervention for bifurcation lesions: 2008 consensus document from the fourth meeting of the European Bifurcation Club

EuroIntervention

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-49

  Stankovic, Goran ^a   Darremont, Olivier ^b   Ferenc, Miroslaw ^c   Hildick Smith, David ^d   Lassen, Jens Flensted ^e   Louvard, Yves ^f   Albiero, Remo ^g   Pan, Manuel ^h   Lefèvre, Thierry ^f  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b CLINIQUE SAINT AUGUSTIN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f INSTITUT CARDIOVASCULAIRE PARIS SUD   (France)

^g Clinica San Rocco   (Italy)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONSENSUS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70649093218     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV5I1A8     Document Type: Article

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