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Figure 1 Patient flow chart. Note that 746 of 826 patients (90.3%) surviving the initial 6 months without major cardiac events were enrolled. Follow-up regarding survival was complete in 743 of 746 patients (99.6%), whereas 10 patients were alive and well but did not consent to detailed information. BMS = bare-metal stent; DES = drug-eluting stent.
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