Optical coherence tomography: New (near-infrared) light on stent implantation?

Heart

Volumn 95, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 1895-1896

  Agostoni, Pierfrancesco ^a   Stella, Pieter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAPAMYCIN; ZOTAROLIMUS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; STENT; STENT THROMBOSIS;

HUMANS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 72049127763     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2009.177337     Document Type: Editorial

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