Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds for left main lesions; A novel strategy to overcome limitations

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Miyazaki, Tadashi ^a,b   Panoulas, Vasileios F ^a,c   Sato, Katsumasa ^a   Naganuma, Toru ^a   Latib, Azeem ^a   Colombo, Antonio ^a  

^a EMO GVM CENTRO CUORE COLUMBUS   (Italy)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS); Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS); Left main stem (LMS); Lumen diameter; Optical coherence tomography (OCT)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIORESORBABLE VASCULAR STENT; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY BIFURCATION LESION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT MAIN STEM STENTING; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SILENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVICES; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ECHOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; UTILIZATION;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84902537122     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.04.185     Document Type: Article

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