The high-risk plaque initiative: primary prevention of atherothrombotic events in the asymptomatic population.

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Published in Curr Atheroscler Rep on October 01, 2011

Authors

Erling Falk1, Henrik Sillesen, Pieter Muntendam, Valentin Fuster

Author Affiliations

1: Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Department of Cardiology/Institute of Clinial Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Brendstrupgaardsvej 100, Aarhus, Denmark. erling.falk@ki.au.dk

Associated clinical trials:

BioImage Study: A Clinical Study of Burden of Atherosclerotic Disease in an At-Risk Population | NCT00738725

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