Prognostic impact of coronary vasodilator dysfunction on adverse long-term outcome of coronary heart disease.

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Published in Circulation on April 25, 2000

Authors

V Schächinger1, M B Britten, A M Zeiher

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine IV, Division of Cardiology, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. schaechinger@em.uni-frankfurt.de

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