Retrograde approach to a totally occluded right coronary artery via a septal perforator artery: The tale of a long and winding wire

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Sachdeva, Rajesh ^a   Hughes, Bradley ^a   Uretsky, Barry F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic total occlusion; Percutaneous coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BARE METAL STENT; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DRUG ELUTING STENT; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SEPTAL PERFORATOR ARTERY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANTERIOR WALL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RECURRENCE; RETREATMENT; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 77950536534     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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