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. 1997 Oct;78(Suppl 2):33–34. doi: 10.1136/hrt.78.suppl_2.33

If directional coronary atherectomy is useful then why is it not used more often?

Mazhar Khan 1
PMCID: PMC484831  PMID: 9422975

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