Treatment of calcific coronary stenosis with the use of excimer laser coronary atherectomy and rotational atherectomy

Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 801-806

  Fernandez, Juan P ^a   Hobson, Alex R ^a   McKenzie, Daniel B ^b   Talwar, Suneel ^a   Okane, Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atherectomy; excimer laser; percutaneous coronary intervention; rotablation

Indexed keywords

CYPHER; RAPAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; BARE METAL STENT; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXCIMER LASER; EXCIMER LASER CORONARY ATHERECTOMY; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ROTATIONAL ATHERECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650258179     PISSN: 17555302     EISSN: 17555310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/ica.10.83     Document Type: Article

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