Coronary artery perforation following implantation of a drug-eluting stent rescued by deployment of a covered stent in symptomatic myocardial bridging

Korean Circulation Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 148-151

  Zhang, Man ^a   Kang, Woong Chol ^b   Moon, Chan Il ^b   Han, Seung Hwan ^b   Ahn, Tae Hoon ^b   Shin, Eak Kyun ^b  

^a SHENYANG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b Gachon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Drug eluting stents; Myocardial bridging; Percutaneous coronary; Transluminal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY PERFORATION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 77951009983     PISSN: 17385520     EISSN: 17385555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2010.40.3.148     Document Type: Article

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