Three-year follow-up of the Japanese patients with microvascular angina attributable to coronary microvascular spasm.

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Published in Int J Cardiol on December 01, 2001

Authors

A Masumoto1, M Mohri, A Takeshita

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan.

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