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Novel guidewire‐based stent delivery system: Examination by intravascular ultrasound |
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| Authors: | Masao Yamasaki MD PhD Junya Ako MD Yasuhiro Honda MD Ali Hassan MD Bon Koo MD PhD Alexandre Abizaid MD Peter Fitzgerald MD PhD Robert Whitbourn MD |
| Affiliation: | 1. Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA;2. Dante Pazzanese of Cardiology, Sao Paulo, Brazil;3. St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia |
| Abstract: | This report describes the first‐in‐man experience with a novel 0.014‐in. guidewire‐based, self‐expanding stent delivery system designed for small or tortuous coronary arteries that may be difficult to access with conventional stent‐delivery systems. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. |
| Keywords: | stent small vessel lesion intravascular ultrasound |