"Rendezvous in coronary" technique with the retrograde approach for chronic total occlusion

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Muramatsu, Toshiya ^a   Tsukahara, Reiko ^a   Ito, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI YOKOHAMASHI TOBU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CTO; PCI; retrograde approach

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED ANTEGRADE RETROGRADE TRACKING TECHNIQUE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KISSING WIRE TECHNIQUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 77956709345     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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