Percent coronary stenosis: Battered gold standard, pernicious relic or clinical practicality?
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(88)90227-6