Late stent thrombosis after implantation of a sirolimus-eluting stent
β Scribed by Arthur Kerner; Luis Gruberg; Michael Kapeliovich; Ehud Grenadier
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 170 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-1946
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