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Circulation

Volumn 103, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 2873-2875

  Wilson, Robert F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MMC 508 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Editorials; Physiology; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EDITORIAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035912886     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.103.24.2873     Document Type: Editorial

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