Letter to the Editor ## Corticosteroids for Prevention of Restenosis After Angioplasty TO THE EDITOR The negative results of the short-term trials of corticosteroids for prevention of restenosis after angioplasty [ I ] are not surprising in
Endovascular brachytherapy for the prevention of restenosis after angioplasty
✍ Scribed by Jörg Kotzerke; Hartmut Hanke; Martin Höher
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 308 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
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