The whole truth about coronary stents: The elephant in the room

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1367-1368

  Malhotra, Aseem ^a  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA, STABLE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROCEDURES; STENT;

ANGINA, STABLE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; STENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84905869048     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.9190     Document Type: Note

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