Coronary stenting versus balloon angioplasty in small vessels [4] (multiple letters)

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 323-324

  Agostoni, Pierfrancesco ^a   Biondi Zoccai, Giuseppe G L ^c   Abbate, Antonio ^c   Moreno, Raúl ^b   Fernandez, Cristina ^c   MacAya, Carlos ^c  

^a Univ V   (Italy)

^b Hosp Clin S Carlos Martin L   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS;

EID: 11844252679     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.10.022     Document Type: Letter

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