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Food for starving hearts

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Angiogenic factors are a promising new treatment for myocardial ischemia but several practical questions still await answers (pages 534–539).

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Simons, M., Ware, J. Food for starving hearts. Nat Med 2, 519–520 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0596-519

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