A Race Against Time: Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Discovers a Highly Inflamed Plaque in 49-Year-Old Right Before STEMI
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Language: English
Page range: 117 - 123
Submitted on: Oct 21, 2023
Accepted on: Nov 12, 2023
Published on: Dec 9, 2023
Published by: Asociatia Transilvana de Terapie Transvasculara si Transplant KARDIOMED
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© 2023 Botond-Barna Mátyás, Emanuel Blîndu, Nóra Rat, István Kovács, Corneliu-Florin Buicu, Theodora Benedek, published by Asociatia Transilvana de Terapie Transvasculara si Transplant KARDIOMED
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