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Coronary stent technology: a narrative review

Nigel Jepson and Daniel Chen
Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): . || doi: 10.5694/mja16.01251
Published online: 15 May 2017

We thank Skiba and Merry for their interest in our article.1 A discussion of the method of myocardial revascularisation was, however, outside the scope of the commissioned review.


  • Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, NSW


Correspondence: Nigel.Jepson@ehc.com.au

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

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