The great debate in vascular closure: a meta-analysis points to a clear winner
Tanja K Rudolph1, Max Potratz1
1Clinic for General and Interventional Cardiology/Angiology, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
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