Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 20, Issue 6 , Pages 436-444 , July 2010

Percutaneous revascularization in women with coronary artery disease: We've come so far, yet have so far to go

  • S.D. Collins
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  • S. Ahmad
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  • R. Waksman

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving Street, NW, Suite 4B-1, Washington, DC 20010, United States. Tel.: +1 202 877 2812; fax: +1 202 877 2715.

Received 8 December 2009 ,Revised 10 February 2010 ,Accepted 17 February 2010.

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Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 20, Issue 6 , Pages 436-444 , July 2010

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