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Editorial
. 2012 Jan;33(2):160-1.
doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr243. Epub 2011 Aug 28.

The time has come for clinical cardiovascular trials with plaque characterization as an endpoint

Zahi A Fayad, Venkatesh Mani, Valentin Fuster
Editorial

The time has come for clinical cardiovascular trials with plaque characterization as an endpoint

Zahi A Fayad et al. Eur Heart J. 2012 Jan.
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Risk factors associated with plaque characteristics seen on MRI in various trials.
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