The stent, the Procrustes for chronic total coronary occlusions?
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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusions
I mpasses are common in everyday life. When they occur in coronary arteries as chronic total occlusions (CTOs), they may be difficult to treat. Successful treatment of CTOs sometimes requires a nonconformist approach based on “negative thinking,” which is described in philosophical circles as the mindset that “negates” the possibility of failure and replaces it with the potentiality of success ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1522-9645,0195-668X
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1999.1642