Changes in left main bifurcation geometry after a single-stent crossover technique : An intravascular ultrasound study using direct imaging of both the left anterior descending and the left circumflex coronary arteries before and after intervention

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 355-361

  Kang, Soo Jin ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^b   Kim, Won Jang ^a   Lee, Jong Young ^a   Oh, Jun Hyok ^a   Park, Duk Woo ^a   Lee, Seung Whan ^a   Kim, Young Hak ^a   Lee, Cheol Whan ^a   Park, Seong Wook ^a   Park, Seung Jung ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; LEFT MAIN ARTERY BIFURCATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGED; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 82955240642     PISSN: 19417640     EISSN: 19417632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.110.961045     Document Type: Review

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