B2 lesions are true bifurcation lesions simply categorized as one group according to the Movahed bifurcation classification

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 252-

  Movahed, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

bifurcation; bifurcation coronary lesion; bifurcation disease; bifurcation intervention; coronary artery bifurcation classification; coronary artery disease; coronary bifurcation; coronary bifurcation intervention; coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; BIFURCATION CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY PERFORATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS;

EID: 77955917258     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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