Selected issues regarding coronary stents
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CONTEXT Intracoronary stents are now used for the majority of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary revascularization, and the body of scientific knowledge about stents has expanded rapidly in the last several years. OBJECTIVE To review the evidence supporting the widespread use of intracoronary stents. DATA SOURCES The MEDLINE database was searched for articles from 1990 through Januar...
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عنوان ژورنال: Advances in Interventional Cardiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1734-9338
DOI: 10.5114/pwki.2010.14172