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Review
. 2006 Aug;92(8):1167-71.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.071266.

Coronary interventions in the elderly

Jan Kaehler  1 , Thomas Meinertz, Christian W Hamm
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Review

Coronary interventions in the elderly

Jan Kaehler et al. Heart. 2006 Aug.
No abstract available

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In compliance with EBAC/EACCME guidelines, all authors participating in Education in Heart have disclosed potential conflicts of interest that might cause a bias in the article

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