Method of preparing, mounting, and implanting a palmaz-schatz coronary half-stent from the stent delivery system
โ Scribed by Koh, Tian-Hai
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 669 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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โฆ Synopsis
Full-length 15 mm Palmaz-Schatz coronary stents currently come premounted in a specially designed stent delivery system. A method is described for obtalnlng a bare half-stent from this system and mounting it onto a balloon catheter. The technique of half-stent delivery and implantation is discussed and is illustrated by a case example. G i s s wiieyuu. Inc.
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