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The PICKING technique for self-expanding nitinol stent expansion of an extremely calcified lesion in the femoropopliteal artery: the tail makes the difference

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Funabashi, S., Kawarada, O., Yagyu, T. et al. The PICKING technique for self-expanding nitinol stent expansion of an extremely calcified lesion in the femoropopliteal artery: the tail makes the difference. Cardiovasc Interv and Ther 34, 74–75 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12928-018-0513-1

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