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DECISION-CTO: A “negative” clinical trial? Really?


- DRK-Klinikum Westend, Berlin, Germany, Germany
- Institut cardiovasculaire Paris-Sud (ICPS), Ramsay Générale de Santé, Massy, Quincy, France, France
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Abstract
Abstract


Title
DECISION-CTO: A “negative” clinical trial? Really?
Journal
Issue
Article type
Editorial
Pages
231-233
Published online
2017-04-18
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3373
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2830
DOI
10.5603/CJ.a2017.0049
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Bibliographic record
Cardiol J 2017;24(3):231-233.
Authors
Juan Luis Gutiérrez-Chico
Yves Louvard


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