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European Heart Journal 2001 22(22):2054-2057; doi:10.1053/euhj.2001.2950
Copyright © 2001 by the European Society of Cardiology.
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Editorials

The sirolimus coated stent: will the Achilles heel of interventional cardiology finally be cured?

R. Beyar and A. Roguin

The Division of Invasive Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

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