To stent or not to stent? A sterile debate [1]

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7611, 2007, Pages 111-

  Westaby, Stephen ^a   Channon, Keith ^b   Banning, Adrian ^b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Cardiology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY STENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECONOMICS; NOTE; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; STENTS;

EID: 34447624874     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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