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. 2023 Jan;16(1):e014940.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.122.014940. Epub 2023 Jan 17.

Association Between Systemic Vasculitis and Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in the Absence of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease

Brittany Weber #  1 , Zachary S Wallace #  2 , Sean Parks  3 , Claire Cook  2 , Daniel M Huck  1 , Michael Garshick  4 , Jenifer M Brown  1 , Sanjay Divakaran  1 , Jon Hainer  3 , Sharmila Dorbala  1 , Ron Blankstein  1 , Katherine P Liao  5 , Ayaz Aghayev  3 , Hyon K Choi  2 , Marcelo Di Carli  1   3
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Association Between Systemic Vasculitis and Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in the Absence of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease

Brittany Weber et al. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2023 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: cardiovascular disease; coronary artery disease; inflammation; perfusion; vasculitis.

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The authors have reported that they have no conflict of interest relationships relevant to the contents of this article to disclose. The other authors report no conflicts.

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