Successful retrograde recanalization of a left anterior descending artery chronic total occlusion (full title below)

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ng, Ramford ^a   Hui, Peter Y ^a   Beyer, Anna ^a   Ren, Xiushui ^a   Ochiai, Masahiko ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Intravascular ultrasound; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Stenting

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; RECANALIZATION; STENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY OCCLUSION; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 76849116173     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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