The Bard XT stent is a new generation balloon expandable intracoronary stent. It has several unique design advantages. Between October 1996 and November 1997, 127 Bard XT stents of various length were deployed in 93 patients with 109 lesions. According to the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and
Preliminary clinical experience with the Bard XT coronary stent
✍ Scribed by Dimitrios Pentousis; Yves Guérin; Xavier Favereau; Hong Zheng; François Funck; Marcel Toussaint; Thierry Corcos
- Book ID
- 117010869
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 233 KB
- Volume
- 136
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6744
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