Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 678-685 , July 2002

The role of quantitative myocardial contrast echocardiography in the study of coronary microcirculation in athlete's heart

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☆ Reprint requests: Vitantonio Di Bello, MD, Cardiac and Thoracic Department, University of Pisa, Via Paradisa 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy (E-mail: dibellov@ifc.cnr.it).

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doi: 10.1067/mje.2002.119259

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 678-685 , July 2002

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