Stent thrombosis: Did biodegradable polymers fail or are we too impatient?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 885-886

  Salinas, Pablo ^a   Moreno, Raul ^a   Jiménez Valero, Santiago ^a   Galeote, Guillermo ^a   Sanchez Recalde, Angel ^a   Plaza, Ignacio ^a   Lopez Sendon, Jose ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; CHROMIUM; COBALT; RAPAMYCIN;

BARE METAL STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; RISK REDUCTION; STENT THROMBOSIS;

HUMANS; STENTS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 80051655313     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.11.081     Document Type: Letter

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