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Studies from the United States, Japan and Spain describe new findings in heart disease research
September 13th, 2006
Investigators in the United States, Japan and Spain have published new heart disease data. Study 1: Procedural implications of total coronary occlusion morphologic features are described in a recent issue of the American Journal of Cardiology. Researchers in the United States report, "Although the success rates of percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) have improved, morphologic features are not well known. We analyzed experience at 4 centers where intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) was performed in 67 native artery CTO lesions (mean CTO duration 6.3 months) just after the lesion was crossed with a guidewire (n=7)...
Source: Telemedicine Business Week (2006-09-13)
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