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Kheiri, B., Bachuwa, G. & Bhatt, D.L. Drug-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents with a single month of dual antiplatelet therapy: a trial sequential analysis. J Thromb Thrombolysis 48, 11–13 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11239-019-01861-6
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