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Methods for evaluating coronary microvasculature in humans

A. L'Abbatea,f1, G. Sambucetia, S. Haunsob and J. Schneider-Eickea

a CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy
b The Heart Center, Department of Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

revised February 15, 1999; accepted February 17, 1999 1999

Key Words: Coronary circulation coronary microcirculation, coronary blood flow

f1 Correspondence : Antonio L'Abbate, MD, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Via P. Savi, 8, 1-56100 Pisa, Italy.

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