The state of the excimer laser for coronary intervention in the drug-eluting stent era

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 93-98

  Badr, Salem ^a   Ben Dor, Itsik ^a   Dvir, Danny ^a   Barbash, Israel M ^a   Kitabata, Hironori ^a   Minha, Sa'ar ^a   Pendyala, Lakshmana K ^a   Loh, Joshua P ^a   Torguson, Rebecca ^a   Pichard, Augusto D ^a   Waksman, Ron ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherectomy; Drug eluting stent; Lesion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ATHERECTOMY; BLOOD CLOTTING; CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; EXCIMER LASER; EXCIMER LASER CORONARY ATHERECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCLUSION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ATHERECTOMY, CORONARY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY OCCLUSION; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84875066656     PISSN: 15538389     EISSN: 18780938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2012.12.008     Document Type: Review

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