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Colocalization of plaque macrophages and calcification in coronary plaques as detected by optical coherence tomography predicts cardiovascular outcome
Affiliations- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of the RWTH Aachen, Pauwelstr. 30, 52062, Germany
- Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center University Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Medical Statistics and Computational Biology (IMSB), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Germany
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Colocalization of plaque macrophages and calcification in coronary plaques as detected by optical coherence tomography predicts cardiovascular outcome
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2020-05-20
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Cardiol J 2020;27(3):303-306.
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Mathias Burgmaier
Andrea Milzi
Rosalia Dettori
Kathrin Burgmaier
Martin Hellmich
Mohammad Almalla
Nikolaus Marx
Sebastian Reith
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