Bioabsorbable stenting in peripheral artery disease

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George Galyfos1, Georgios Geropapas1, Ioannis Stefanidis1

  • 1Department of Vascular Surgery, KAT General Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine : Including Molecular Interventions
|September 15, 2015
PubMed

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