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Review
. 2005 Feb;91(2):265-70.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.045278.

Non-cardiac vascular disease

Thomas W G Carrell  1 , John H N Wolfe
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Review

Non-cardiac vascular disease

Thomas W G Carrell et al. Heart. 2005 Feb.
No abstract available

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