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Does late PCI improve clinical outcome and survival in patients with arterial occlusion after MI?

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boxed-textHochman JS et al. for the Occluded Artery Trial Investigators (2006) Coronary intervention for persistent occlusion after myocardial infarction. New Engl J Med 355: 2395–2407

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  1. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, MCE 5th Floor South Tower, 1215 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37232–8802, USA david.maron@vanderbilt.edu

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  1. DJ Maron is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Medical Director of the Kim Dayani Center for Health Promotion at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.,

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