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Coronary angioplasty: do we need to EuroSCORE?

Nature Reviews Cardiology volume 6, pages 267–268 (2009)Cite this article

An effective risk score for patients undergoing coronary angioplasty is yet to be established. In this article we discuss the merits of using the EuroSCORE risk model for assessing these patients, and propose a potential modification to the system.

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Garg, S., Serruys, P. Coronary angioplasty: do we need to EuroSCORE?. Nat Rev Cardiol 6, 267–268 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2009.27

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