OCT: Plaque morphology in the clinical setting

Optical Coherence Tomography in Cardiovascular Research

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 71-77

  Prati, Francesco ^a   Cera, Maria ^a   Fouad, Tamer ^a   Ramazzotti, Vito ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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