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ACC 2025 Spotlight: DROP-Asian ACS Interim Analysis Highlights Regional Gains in NSTEMI Care
Cardio ThinkLab
18 August 2025
Main article: The following article is based on an interview conducted with Dr Kenji Inoue on 5 April, 2025. Following the recent presentation of the late-breaking DROP-Asian ACS trial at the ACC conference 2025, Dr. Kenji Inoue, a Cardiologist of...
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