American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 106, Issue 5 , Pages 612-618 , 1 September 2010

Long-Term Outcomes of Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided Stenting in Coronary Bifurcation Lesions

  • Sung-Hwan Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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  • Young-Hak Kim, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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  • Soo-Jin Kang, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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  • Duk-Woo Park, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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  • Seung-Whan Lee, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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  • Cheol Whan Lee, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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  • Myeong-Ki Hong, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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  • Sang-Sig Cheong, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Gangneung, Korea
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  • Jae-Joong Kim, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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  • Seong-Wook Park, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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  • Seung-Jung Park, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: (82-2) 3010-3152; fax: (82-2) 486-5918

Received 31 January 2010 ,Revised 15 April 2010 ,Accepted 15 April 2010.

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 This study was supported in part by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Seoul, Korea and grant 0412-CR02-0704-0001 from the Korea Health 21 R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Seoul, Korea.

PII: S0002-9149(10)00952-5

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.04.016

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 106, Issue 5 , Pages 612-618 , 1 September 2010

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