First-in-human experience with the Medtronic Bifurcation Stent System

EuroIntervention

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 662-669

  Meredith, Ian T ^a   Worthley, Stephen ^b   Whitbourn, Robert ^c   Webster, Mark ^d   Fitzgerald, Peter J ^e   Ormiston, John ^d  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary bifurcation lesions; Dedicated bifurcation stent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARE METAL STENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXPERIENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STENT THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; AUSTRALIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80155163199     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: 19696213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV7I6A108     Document Type: Article

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