Ex vivo analysis of human coronary bifurcation anatomy: Defining the main vessel-to-side-branch transition zone

EuroIntervention

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-103

  Russell, Mary E ^a   Binyamin, Gary ^b   Konstantino, Eitan ^b  

^a Ascent Translational Sciences   (United States)

^b TriReme Medical Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Angles; Coronary bifurcation; Human coronaries; Ostium; Vessel diameters

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DEVICE; EX VIVO STUDY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPE; NONHUMAN; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 77953660026     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV5I1A15     Document Type: Article

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