Percutaneous intervention vs. coronary-artery bypass grafting in left main coronary disease

Editorial

Robert H Jones. N Engl J Med. 2008.

. 2008 Apr 24;358(17):1851-3.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMe0802094. Epub 2008 Mar 31.

No abstract available

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