International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 136, Issue 1 , Pages e16-e20 , 24 July 2009

The use of intra-coronary optical coherence tomography for the assessment of sirolimus-eluting stent fracture

  • Peter Barlis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • Thoraxcentre, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Georgios Sianos

      Affiliations

    • Thoraxcentre, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Giuseppe Ferrante

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Francesca Del Furia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Savio D'Souza

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Carlo Di Mario

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 207 351 8616; fax: +44 20 7351 8473.

Received 12 January 2008 ,Accepted 26 April 2008.

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PII: S0167-5273(08)00666-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.04.076

International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 136, Issue 1 , Pages e16-e20 , 24 July 2009

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