UNUSUAL PEDIATRIC APPLICATIONS OF INTRAVASCULAR STENTS

Authors
OLAUGHLIN MP SLACK MC
Citation
Mp. Olaughlin et Mc. Slack, UNUSUAL PEDIATRIC APPLICATIONS OF INTRAVASCULAR STENTS, Progress in pediatric cardiology, 6(2), 1996, pp. 117-135
Citations number
48
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Progress in pediatric cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10589813
Volume
6
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
117 - 135
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-9813(1996)6:2<117:UPAOIS>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Pediatric applications of intravascular stents have expanded beyond th eir use in pulmonary arteries. Stents are being employed in veins, ins ide the heart itself, in the patent ductus arteriosus, and in the aort a and its: branches. These less usual applications of stents in childr en will be discussed in this monograph. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Sc ience Ireland Ltd.