Treatment of chronic refractory angina pectoris-light at the end of the tunnel?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1007-1009

  Nordrehaug, Jan Erik ^a   Salem, Mohamed ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LASER; OPEN STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; LASERS; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 33646268650     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi828     Document Type: Editorial

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