Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 45-48 , January 2009

Computerized gradual balloon inflation: a novel strategy of coronary angioplasty superior to a standard manual approach

Received 19 March 2008 ,Revised 27 May 2008 ,Accepted 12 June 2008.

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☆ There was no financial support for the study. Iony Katz and A. Teddy Weiss are patent holders for the CAPSID system.

PII: S1553-8389(08)00240-6

doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2008.06.002

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 45-48 , January 2009

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