The risk of drug-eluting stent thrombosis with noncardiac surgery
β Scribed by Emmanouil S. Brilakis; Subhash Banerjee; Peter B. Berger
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1003 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1523-3782
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