Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 155-158 , July 2010

Mechanism of lumen gain with a novel rotational aspiration atherectomy system for peripheral arterial disease: examination by intravascular ultrasound

  • Ali H.M. Hassan

      Affiliations

    • Center for Research in Cardiovascular Interventions, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Junya Ako

      Affiliations

    • Center for Research in Cardiovascular Interventions, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Katsuhisa Waseda

      Affiliations

    • Center for Research in Cardiovascular Interventions, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Yasuhiro Honda

      Affiliations

    • Center for Research in Cardiovascular Interventions, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Thomas Zeller

      Affiliations

    • Herzzentrum Bad Krozingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Martin B. Leon

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Peter J. Fitzgerald

      Affiliations

    • Center for Research in Cardiovascular Interventions, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center for Research in Cardiovascular Interventions, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Drive, H3554, Stanford, CA 94305-5637, USA. Tel.: +1 650 498 6034; fax: +1 650 498 6027.

Received 2 March 2009 ,Accepted 5 May 2009.

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PII: S1553-8389(09)00198-5

doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2009.05.001

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 155-158 , July 2010

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