Stability and instability: Two faces of coronary atherosclerosis: The Paul Dudley White lecture 1995

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2013-2020

  Davies, Michael J ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029800916     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.8.2013     Document Type: Review

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