The Late Open-Coronary Artery Hypothesis: Dead, or Not Definitively Tested?

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1810-1814

  Epstein, Stephen E ^a   Pichard, Augusto D ^a   Kent, Kenneth M ^a   Satler, Lowell ^a   Suddath, William O ^a   Lindsay, Joseph ^a   Waksman, Ron ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION;

EID: 36848999457     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.07.039     Document Type: Note

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