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Editorial
. 2021 May 1;97(6):1194-1195.
doi: 10.1002/ccd.29718.

The enigma continues: Obesity in chronic total occlusion patients does not affect success or complications…but Americans are still too fat!

Nachiket J Patel  1   2 , Richard R Heuser  1   3
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Editorial

The enigma continues: Obesity in chronic total occlusion patients does not affect success or complications…but Americans are still too fat!

Nachiket J Patel et al. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. .
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