J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:1253-1254
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Nikolaos Bonaros, MD, PhD,
Dominik Wiedemann, MD,
Thomas Schachner, MD,
Alfred Kocher, MD
Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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hypothesizes that percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) with coronary stents aggravate local and systemic inflammatory reactions, which might be responsible for major coronary events, such as plaque rupture and myocardial infarction. . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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