Prayer and music, imagery, and touch therapy may not improve clinical outcomes following PCI. Commentary

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R N Kayoko Urakawa. Evid Based Cardiovasc Med. 2005 Dec.

. 2005 Dec;9(4):337-9.

doi: 10.1016/j.ebcm.2005.09.020. Epub 2005 Nov 2.

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