No room for radiant dreams in the real world

European Heart Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 999-1001

  Di Mario, C ^a   Toutouzas, K ^a  

^a EMO GVM CENTRO CUORE COLUMBUS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA RADIATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY STENT; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

BETA RAYS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS;

EID: 0036660003     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2001.3176     Document Type: Editorial

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