EJVES Extra
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 58-61 , October 2006

Endovascular Treatment of Renal Artery Bifurcation Stenoses with Branched Balloon Angioplasty

  • M.J. Husmann

      Affiliations

    • Swiss Cardiovascular Centre, Division of Angiology
    • ,
  • V. Jacomella

      Affiliations

    • Swiss Cardiovascular Centre, Division of Angiology
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. V. Jacomella, MD, Division of Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.
    • ,
  • J. Triller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
    • ,
  • I. Baumgartner

      Affiliations

    • Swiss Cardiovascular Centre, Division of Angiology

,Accepted 18 July 2006.

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PII: S1533-3167(06)00069-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2006.07.003

EJVES Extra
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 58-61 , October 2006

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