In this issue of Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis, Bahl et al. describe their experience using a 0.014 inch hydrophilic guidewire for crossing chronic total occlusions and the results of subsequent intervention. The success rate of 25 of 30 cases (83%) is higher than that traditionally a
Contemporary principles of coronary chronic total occlusion recanalization
β Scribed by Giora Weisz; Jeffrey W. Moses
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 186 KB
- Volume
- 75
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-1946
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