New strategies in the treatment of coronary bifurcations

Herz

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 198-213

  Iakovou, I ^a   Foin, N ^b   Andreou, A ^a   Viceconte, N ^c   Di Mario, C ^c  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angioplasty, coronary balloon; Coronary occlusion; Drug eluting stents; Endovascular procedures; Procedural outcome

Indexed keywords

PACLITAXEL; RAPAMYCIN;

ARTERY DIAMETER; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BARE METAL STENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; CRUSH TECHNIQUE; CULOTTE TECHNIQUE; DEVICE SAFETY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENT THROMBOSIS; T STENT TECHNIQUE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79959788699     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: 16156692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00059-011-3459-y     Document Type: Review

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