Very long-term follow-up for left main coronary artery stenting: a missing piece of the jigsaw puzzle

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Yalcin Velibey et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Sep.

. 2016 Sep;8(9):2353-2356.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.08.67.

¹ Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

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