Two patients who developed restenosis after implantation of Palmaz-Schatz coronary stents were successfully treated by transluminal extraction atherectomy and there has been no recurrence on follow-up angiograms. The optimum strategy for managing restenosis after coronary stenting remains unclear, b
Transluminal Extraction Atherectomy for Restenosis Following Palmaz-Schatz Stent Implantation
โ Scribed by Kazuhiro Hara; MD; Yuji Ikari; MD; Tsutomu Tamura; MD; Tetsu Yamaguchi; MD
- Book ID
- 113979243
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 134 KB
- Volume
- 79
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9149
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