Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 237-239 , May 2010

Successful treatment of saphenous venous graft thrombus by tirofiban infusion

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doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2009.07.001

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 237-239 , May 2010

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