The Elusive Late Benefit of Biodegradable Polymer Drug-Eluting Stents

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Sripal Bangalore. Circulation. 2019.

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. 2019 Jan 15;139(3):334-336.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.038378.

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Keywords: Editorials; biodegradable plastics; clinical trial; drug-eluting stents; polymers; stents.

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