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Public, Noninterventionalists, Need to Hear That DES Benefits Outweigh Risks
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Title Public, Noninterventionalists, Need to Hear That DES Benefits Outweigh Risks
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/568944?src=rss
Description Authors of a Perspective to be published next month say general cardiologists and their patients heard all the bad news about drug-eluting stents but are ill-informed about newer data pointing to reduced death/MI. Heartwire
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Jan 18, 2008
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