Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 739-742 , July 2002

Transthoracic echocardiographic visualization of coronary artery blood flow and assessment of coronary flow reserve in the right coronary artery: A first report of 3 patients

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☆ Reprint requests: Hans-Peter Tries, MD, Department of Cardiology, Deutsche Klinik für Diagnostik, Aukammallee 33, D-65191 Wiesbaden, Federal Republic of Germany (E-mail: kardio@dkd_wiesbaden.de).

PII: S0894-7317(02)00026-3

doi: 10.1067/mje.2002.118525

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 739-742 , July 2002

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