TAP stenting: An intuitive and practical technique to treat bifurcated lesions in the hands of different operators

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 979-980

  Burzotta, Francesco ^a   Trani, Carlo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LETTER; REVASCULARIZATION; STENT THROMBOSIS; TAP STENT; TECHNIQUE;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; STENTS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 77951702020     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22422     Document Type: Letter

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