Coronary Artery Disease
Percutaneous recanalization of chronically occluded coronary arteries: Procedural techniques, devices, and results
Gregg W. Stone MD,
Antonio Colombo MD,
Paul S. Teirstein MD,
Jeffrey W. Moses MD,
Martin B. Leon MD,
Nicolaus J. Reifart MD,
Gary S. Mintz MD,
Angela Hoye MBchB,
David A. Cox MD,
Donald S. Baim MD,
Bradley H. Strauss MD, PhD,
Matthew Selmon MD,
Issam Moussa MD,
Takahiko Suzuki MD,
Hideo Tamai MD,
Osamu Katoh MD,
Kazuaki Mitsudo MD,
Eberhard Grube MD,
Louis A. Cannon MD,
David E. Kandzari MD,
Mark Reisman MD,
Robert S. Schwartz MD,
Steven Bailey MD,
George Dangas MD, PhD,
Roxana Mehran MD,
Alexander Abizaid MD,
Patrick W. Serruys MD, PhD,
Corresponding Author
Gregg W. Stone MD
Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
Columbia University Medical Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, 55 E. 59th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022Search for more papers by this authorAntonio Colombo MD
Division of Cardiology, Columbus Hospital, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorPaul S. Teirstein MD
Division of Cardiology, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California
Search for more papers by this authorJeffrey W. Moses MD
Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
Search for more papers by this authorMartin B. Leon MD
Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
Search for more papers by this authorNicolaus J. Reifart MD
Division of Cardiology, Kardiologisches Institut, Bad Soden, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorGary S. Mintz MD
Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
Search for more papers by this authorAngela Hoye MBchB
Division of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorDavid A. Cox MD
Division of Cardiology, Mid Carolina Cardiology, Charlotte, North Carolina
Search for more papers by this authorDonald S. Baim MD
Division of Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Search for more papers by this authorBradley H. Strauss MD, PhD
Division of Cardiology, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorMatthew Selmon MD
Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Medicine and Coronary Intervention, Redwood City, California
Search for more papers by this authorIssam Moussa MD
Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
Search for more papers by this authorTakahiko Suzuki MD
Division of Cardiology, Toyohashi Heart Center, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorHideo Tamai MD
Division of Cardiology, Shiga Medical Center for Adults, Moriyama, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorOsamu Katoh MD
Division of Cardiology, Toyohashi Heart Center, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorKazuaki Mitsudo MD
Division of Cardiology, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorEberhard Grube MD
Division of Cardiology, Heart Center Siegburg, Siegburg, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorLouis A. Cannon MD
Division of Cardiology, Cardiac and Vascular Research Center of Northern Michigan, Petoskey, Michigan
Search for more papers by this authorDavid E. Kandzari MD
Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Search for more papers by this authorMark Reisman MD
Division of Cardiology, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
Search for more papers by this authorRobert S. Schwartz MD
Division of Cardiology, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Search for more papers by this authorSteven Bailey MD
Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
Search for more papers by this authorGeorge Dangas MD, PhD
Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
Search for more papers by this authorRoxana Mehran MD
Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
Search for more papers by this authorAlexander Abizaid MD
Division of Cardiology, Institute Dante Pazzanese of Cardiology, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorPatrick W. Serruys MD, PhD
Division of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorGregg W. Stone MD,
Antonio Colombo MD,
Paul S. Teirstein MD,
Jeffrey W. Moses MD,
Martin B. Leon MD,
Nicolaus J. Reifart MD,
Gary S. Mintz MD,
Angela Hoye MBchB,
David A. Cox MD,
Donald S. Baim MD,
Bradley H. Strauss MD, PhD,
Matthew Selmon MD,
Issam Moussa MD,
Takahiko Suzuki MD,
Hideo Tamai MD,
Osamu Katoh MD,
Kazuaki Mitsudo MD,
Eberhard Grube MD,
Louis A. Cannon MD,
David E. Kandzari MD,
Mark Reisman MD,
Robert S. Schwartz MD,
Steven Bailey MD,
George Dangas MD, PhD,
Roxana Mehran MD,
Alexander Abizaid MD,
Patrick W. Serruys MD, PhD,
Corresponding Author
Gregg W. Stone MD
Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
Columbia University Medical Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, 55 E. 59th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022Search for more papers by this authorAntonio Colombo MD
Division of Cardiology, Columbus Hospital, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorPaul S. Teirstein MD
Division of Cardiology, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California
Search for more papers by this authorJeffrey W. Moses MD
Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
Search for more papers by this authorMartin B. Leon MD
Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
Search for more papers by this authorNicolaus J. Reifart MD
Division of Cardiology, Kardiologisches Institut, Bad Soden, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorGary S. Mintz MD
Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
Search for more papers by this authorAngela Hoye MBchB
Division of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorDavid A. Cox MD
Division of Cardiology, Mid Carolina Cardiology, Charlotte, North Carolina
Search for more papers by this authorDonald S. Baim MD
Division of Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Search for more papers by this authorBradley H. Strauss MD, PhD
Division of Cardiology, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorMatthew Selmon MD
Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Medicine and Coronary Intervention, Redwood City, California
Search for more papers by this authorIssam Moussa MD
Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
Search for more papers by this authorTakahiko Suzuki MD
Division of Cardiology, Toyohashi Heart Center, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorHideo Tamai MD
Division of Cardiology, Shiga Medical Center for Adults, Moriyama, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorOsamu Katoh MD
Division of Cardiology, Toyohashi Heart Center, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorKazuaki Mitsudo MD
Division of Cardiology, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorEberhard Grube MD
Division of Cardiology, Heart Center Siegburg, Siegburg, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorLouis A. Cannon MD
Division of Cardiology, Cardiac and Vascular Research Center of Northern Michigan, Petoskey, Michigan
Search for more papers by this authorDavid E. Kandzari MD
Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Search for more papers by this authorMark Reisman MD
Division of Cardiology, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
Search for more papers by this authorRobert S. Schwartz MD
Division of Cardiology, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Search for more papers by this authorSteven Bailey MD
Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
Search for more papers by this authorGeorge Dangas MD, PhD
Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
Search for more papers by this authorRoxana Mehran MD
Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
Search for more papers by this authorAlexander Abizaid MD
Division of Cardiology, Institute Dante Pazzanese of Cardiology, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorPatrick W. Serruys MD, PhD
Division of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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