Drug-eluting balloon offers a new opportunity in percutaneous bifurcation interventions

EuroIntervention

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 764-766

  Sgueglia, Gregory A ^a   Todaro, Daniel ^a   Pucci, Edoardo ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA GORETTI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

BALLOON; BARE METAL STENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG ELUTING BALLOON; DRUG ELUTING STENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LETTER; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; STENT THROMBOSIS;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS;

EID: 80155171720     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: 19696213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV7I6A120     Document Type: Letter

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