Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 34-40 , January 2010

Percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusive lesion of a left anterior descending artery using the retrograde approach via a septal–septal channel

  • Makoto Utsunomiya

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, Kyoto-Katsura Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Cardiovascular Center, Kyoto-Katsura Hospital, 17 Yamada-Hirao-cho, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8256, Japan. Tel.: +81 75 382 3185; fax: +81 75 382 3199.
    • ,
  • Naoki Mukohara

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Society Himeji Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
    • ,
  • Ryoichi Hirami

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Society Himeji Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
    • ,
  • Shigeru Nakamura

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, Kyoto-Katsura Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Received 29 December 2008 ,Revised 2 March 2009 ,Accepted 3 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2009.03.001

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 34-40 , January 2010

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