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Can angiographically silent coronary atherosclerosis predict mortality after cardiac transplantation?

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine volume 2, pages 386–387 (2005)Cite this article

boxed-textTuzcu EM et al. (2005) Intravascular ultrasound evidence of angiographically silent progression in coronary atherosclerosis predicts long-term morbidity and mortality after cardiac transplantation. J Am Coll Cardiol 45: 1538–1542

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