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Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1204-1207

  Mangano, Christina T Mora ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY STENT; EDITORIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0038310854     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00573-7     Document Type: Editorial

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