We prospectively studied 223 patients (288 lesions) who underwent elective or bail out implantation of 309 NIR stents (Scimed, Boston Scientific Corporation, Galway, Ireland). Most lesions (68.4%) had unfavorable characteristics (type B2 or C). Primary success in stent deployment was achieved in 305
Early Experience With the NIR Intracoronary Stent
β Scribed by Kean-Wah Lau MBBS; MMed; Qing He MD; Zee-Pin Ding MBBS; MMed; Susan Quek MBBS; MMed; Abdullah Johan FRACP
- Book ID
- 113979385
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 55 KB
- Volume
- 81
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9149
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