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Women and men with stable coronary artery disease: different risk factors but similar outcomes!

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van der Wall, E.E. Women and men with stable coronary artery disease: different risk factors but similar outcomes!. Neth Heart J 21, 111–112 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12471-013-0375-1

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