Long-term follow-up of a randomized study of primary stenting versus angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction
✍ Scribed by Bruno Scheller; Benno Hennen; Sabine Severin-Kneib; Cem Özbek; Hermann Schieffer; Torsten Markwirth
- Book ID
- 117013185
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 83 KB
- Volume
- 110
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1555-7162
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