New Advances in Cardiovascular Drugs: A Celebration of the 90th Birthday of Professor Akira Endo

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Editorial

Alfredo Caturano. Biomedicines. 2024.

. 2024 Nov 27;12(12):2716.

doi: 10.3390/biomedicines12122716.

¹ Department of Human Sciences and Promotion of the Quality of Life, San Raffaele Roma Open University, 00166 Rome, Italy.

Abstract

In this Special Issue, we celebrate a giant of cardiovascular pharmacology, Professor Akira Endo, on the occasion of his 90th birthday [...].

The author declares no conflicts of interest.

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