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European Heart Journal 2000 21(5):342-344; doi:10.1053/euhj.1999.1959
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Editorial

Aortic stiffness: a predictor of acute coronary events?

M. St. John Sutton

University of Pennsylvania Medical Centre, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.

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