Virtual histologic guidance of percutaneous peripheral atherectomy: the evolution of a new paradigm?
Michael S Levy1, Roger J Laham
1Division of Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology Section, BIDMC/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
The Journal of Invasive Cardiology
|July 5, 2011
Abstract
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