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Deferring angioplasty in intermediate coronary lesions based on coronary flow criteria is safe: comparison of a deferred group to an intervention group

Luis Gruberg The Division of Invasive Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center, The Heart System Research Center, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Michael Kapeliovich The Division of Invasive Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center, The Heart System Research Center, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Ariel Roguin The Division of Invasive Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center, The Heart System Research Center, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Ehud Grenadier The Division of Invasive Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center, The Heart System Research Center, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Walter Markiewicz The Division of Invasive Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center, The Heart System Research Center, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Rafael Beyar The Division of Invasive Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center, The Heart System Research Center, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Pages 35-40 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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