Endocardial cryotherapy as a novel strategy of improving myocardial perfusion in a patient with severe coronary artery disease | Zendy

Segev Amit | Zendy; Strauss Bradley H. | Zendy; Coates Geoffry | Zendy; Freeman Michael R. | Zendy; Gallo Richard | Zendy

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Endocardial cryotherapy as a novel strategy of improving myocardial perfusion in a patient with severe coronary artery disease

Author(s) -

Segev Amit,

Strauss Bradley H.,

Coates Geoffry,

Freeman Michael R.,

Gallo Richard

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

catheterization and cardiovascular interventions

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988

H-Index - 116

eISSN - 1522-726X

pISSN - 1522-1946

DOI - 10.1002/ccd.10621

Subject(s) - medicine , cryotherapy , cardiology , coronary artery disease , angina , revascularization , perfusion , disease , artery , myocardial revascularization , radiology , myocardial infarction

Patients with intractable angina pectoris due to end‐stage coronary artery disease who are not amenable to conventional revascularization provide a therapeutic challenge. We describe the first published case of a young patient with intractable coronary artery disease that was successfully treated by endocardial cryotherapy. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2003;60:229–232. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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