Comparison of Primary Coronary Stenting to Primary Balloon Angioplasty With Stent Bailout for the Treatment of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
โ Scribed by Nasser A Mahdi MD; Julio Lopez MD; Miltiadis Leon MD; Asad Pathan MD; Lari Harrell BS; Ik-Kyung Jang MD; Igor F Palacios MD
- Book ID
- 113979429
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 131 KB
- Volume
- 81
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9149
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