Anatomic characteristics of culprit sites in acute coronary syndromes.

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Published in J Interv Cardiol on February 28, 2008

Authors

Demosthenes G Katritsis1, Efstathios P Efstathopoulos, John Pantos, Socrates Korovesis, Georgia Kourlaba, Socrates Kazantzidis, Vasilios Marmarelis, Eutychios Voridis

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiology, Athens Euroclinic, Athens, Greece. dkatritsis@euroclinic.gr

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