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European Heart Journal 2002 23(2):95-97; doi:10.1053/euhj.2001.2826
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Editorials

r-Hirudin for percutaneous coronary interventions—time to reconsider?

H. Mehta and B. J. Meyer

University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

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