Intravascular ultrasound-guided wiring for chronic total occlusion
β Scribed by Shinichi Furuichi; Flavio Airoldi; Antonio Colombo
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 250 KB
- Volume
- 70
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-1946
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
This report describes a wiring technique for a blunt chronic total occlusion with a side branch at the site of occlusion for which the operator has difficulty of awareness of the proper entry point angiographically. Β© 2007 WileyβLiss, Inc.
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