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Coronary Atherectomy

Known as: Atherectomies, Coronary, Atherectomy, Coronary, Coronary Atherectomies 
Percutaneous transluminal procedure for removing atheromatous plaque from the coronary arteries. Both directional (for removing focal atheromas) and… 
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Coronary ArteriosclerosisCoronary Artery DiseaseCoronary heart diseaseEducational aspects

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2005
2005
Pathology of unstable angina: Analysis of biopsies obtained by directional coronary atherectomy
Background: The transient and generally nonfatal nature of unstable angina has impaired the accumulation of pathologic data and… 
2001
2001
Antioxidants and prevention of restenosis after directional coronary atherectomy.
To the Editor: The negative results obtained with carvedilol in the European Carvedilol Atherectomy Restenosis (EUROCARE) trial… 
2000
2000
Preintervention lesion remodelling affects operative mechanisms of balloon optimised directional coronary atherectomy procedures: a volumetric study with three dimensional intravascular ultrasound
AIMS To classify atherosclerotic coronary lesions on the basis of adequate or inadequate compensatory vascular enlargement, and… 
1998
1998
Differences in histopathologic findings in restenotic lesions after directional coronary atherectomy or balloon angioplasty
1997
1997
Successful Stent Implantation in Acute Myocardial Infarction and Successful Directional Coronary Atherectomy of a Stenotic Lesion Involving an Aneurysm in a Woman with Kawasaki Disease of Adult Onset
Our patient was a woman who suffered from Kawasaki disease at the age of 20. Coronary aneurysms were confirmed in the left main… 
1996
1996
Enhanced manipulation of directional coronary atherectomy and coronary angioplasty guide catheters.
Manipulation of thin-walled coronary guiding catheters, especially directional coronary atherectomy guides, may sometimes be… 
1994
1994
Mechanical coronary artery shortening with vessel wall deformity during directional coronary atherectomy: first reported case involving the left anterior descending artery.
Coronary spasm, dissection, thrombosis, and mechanical coronary artery obstruction due to vessel shortening and deformity… 
1994
1994
Directional coronary atherectomy: a new treatment for coronary artery disease.
1993
1993
Directional coronary atherectomy in heart transplant recipients.
Cardiac allograft vasculopathy is one of the most common obstacles to the long-term survival of heart transplant recipients… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Role of the different percutaneous revascularization techniques in single and multivessel coronary artery disease.
Over the past 16 years coronary angioplasty has become an established therapy for coronary artery disease. Advances in technology…