Coronary Angioplasty

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Stent procedure. American Heart Association website. Available at: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4721 . Accessed July 24, 2003.

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What is coronary angioplasty? American Heart Association website. Available at: http://www.america... Accessed July 24, 2003.

Last reviewed March 2008 by J. Peter Oettgen, MD