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Research Article

Prolonged systemic delivery of tirofiban in a thrombus-laden saphenous vein graft

Luis Gruberg Division of Invasive Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Shlomo Amikam Division of Invasive Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Pages 92-94 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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