Absence of atherosclerotic lesions in the thoracic aorta indicates absence of significant coronary artery disease
Authors:
- Emmanuel SkalidisESEmmanuel Skalidis
- Emmanuel SimantirakisESEmmanuel Simantirakis
- Daphne KounaliDKDaphne Kounali
- Panos VardasPVPanos Vardas
- Petros NihoyannopoulosPNPetros Nihoyannopoulos
- 1 May 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Cardiology
- Vol. 77 (12) , 1118-1121
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