Successful closure of a coronary vessel rupture with a vein graft stent: Case report

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 172-174

  Colombo, Antonio ^a   Itoh, Akira ^a   Di Mario, Carlo ^a   Maiello, Luigi ^a   Arena, Vincenzo ^a   Blengino, Simonetta ^a   Briati, Patrizia ^a   Ferraro, Massimo ^a   Di Francesco, Lucia ^a   Martini, Giovanni ^a  

^a EMO GVM CENTRO CUORE COLUMBUS   (Italy)

Author keywords

coronary vessel rupture; percutaneous closure; vein graft stent

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; STENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; VEIN GRAFT;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; RUPTURE; STENTS; VEINS;

EID: 8944259442     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199606)38:2<172::AID-CCD10>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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