American Heart Journal
Volume 159, Issue 5 , Page e27 , May 2010

Response to: SYNTAX score and left main stenting: Do we need clinical variables to predict outcomes?

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PII: S0002-8703(10)00156-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.02.014

American Heart Journal
Volume 159, Issue 5 , Page e27 , May 2010

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