Collaterals: how important are they?

Editorial

Gerald S Werner. Heart. 2007 Jul.

. 2007 Jul;93(7):778-9.

doi: 10.1136/hrt.2006.108159.

Abstract

See article on page 842

Competing interests: None declared.

The delay of contrast arrival in magnetic resonance first-pass perfusion imaging: a novel non-invasive parameter detecting collateral-dependent myocardium.
Muehling OM, Huber A, Cyran C, Schoenberg SO, Reiser M, Steinbeck G, Nabauer M, Jerosch-Herold M. Muehling OM, et al. Heart. 2007 Jul;93(7):842-7. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2006.103788. Epub 2007 Mar 7. Heart. 2007. PMID: 17344328 Free PMC article.

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