Provisional tap-stenting strategy to treat bifurcated lesions with drug-eluting stents: One-year clinical results of a prospective registry

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 532-537

  Burzotta, Francesco ^a   Sgueglia, Gregory Angelo ^a   Trani, Carlo ^a   Talarico, Giovanni Paolo ^a   Coroleu, Santiago Federico ^a   Giubilato, Simona ^a   Niccoli, Giampaolo ^a   Giammarinaro, Maura ^a   Porto, Italo ^a   Leone, Antonio Maria ^a   Mongiardo, Rocco ^a   Mazzari, Mario Attilio ^a   Schiavoni, Giovanni ^a   Crea, Filippo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bifurcated lesions; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Side branch stenting

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; PACLITAXEL; RAPAMYCIN; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; STENT THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72649097283     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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