Stents are used too often

Heart

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 541-542

  Haase, K K ^a   Baumbach, A ^a   Karsch, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ATHERECTOMY; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER ANGIOPLASTY; NOTE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0031838837     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.79.6.541     Document Type: Note

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