American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 96, Issue 4 , Pages 515-518 , 15 August 2005

Preprocedural White Blood Cell Count and Major Adverse Cardiac Events Late After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Saphenous Vein Grafts

Received 17 February 2005 ,Accepted 30 March 2005.

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PII: S0002-9149(05)00845-3

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.03.103

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 96, Issue 4 , Pages 515-518 , 15 August 2005

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