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European Heart Journal 2000 21(16):1290-1292; doi:10.1053/euhj.2000.2223
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Editorial

Predicting the outcome of revascularization in ischaemic left ventricular dysfunction

F. Bukachi, M.Y. Henein and S.R. Underwood

Royal Brompton Hospital, London, U.K.

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