Clinical events following excimer laser angioplasty or balloon angioplasty for complex coronary lesions: Subanalysis of a randomised trial

Heart

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-38

  Appelman, Yolande E A ^a   Piek, Jan J ^a,d   Redekop, William K ^a   De Feyter, Pim J ^b   Koolen, Jacques J ^c   David, George K ^a   Strikwerda, Sipke ^b   Tijssen, Jan G P ^a   Serruys, Patrick W ^b   Swijndregt, E V ^b   Van Gemert, Martin J C ^a   Lie, Kong I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balloon angioplasty; Excimer laser angioplasty; Laser assisted balloon angioplasty; Randomised trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER ANGIOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7144257199     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.79.1.34     Document Type: Article

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