Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages 798-805 , August 2001

Stratification of single-vessel coronary stenosis by ischemic threshold at the onset of wall motion abnormality during continuous monitoring of left ventricular function by semisupine exercise echocardiography

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☆ Reprint requests: Jérôme Garot, MD, Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, Blalock 569, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 600 N Wolfe St, Baltimore MD, 21287-6568 (E-mail: jgarot@mail.jhmi.edu).

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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages 798-805 , August 2001

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