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Femoral endarteritis as a complication of percutaneous coronary intervention
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Femoral endarteritis as a complication of percutaneous coronary intervention
J Invasive Cardiol.
2000 Mar.
Abstract
Infectious complications following percutaneous coronary interventions are extremely unusual, with a reported frequency of less than 1%. This report describes a patient who developed septic endarteritis as a complication of percutaneous coronary intervention and reviews the literature of this complication.
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