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European Heart Journal 2002 23(12):991; doi:10.1053/euhj.2002.3241
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Letter to the Editor

Impairment of coronary microvascular flow in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

P.P. Dimitrow and J.S. Dubiel

2nd Department of Cardiology CMUJ, Kraków, Poland

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