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Direct measurement of coronary flow during a vasospastic angina attack by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Miyazaki Medical Association Hospital Cardiovascular Center, 738-1 Funado, Shinbeppu-cho, Miyazaki, 880-0834, Japan

    Shun Nishino, Nozomi Watanabe, Tatsuya Nakama, Tatsuro Takei, Keiichi Ashikaga, Nehiro Kuriyama & Yoshisato Shibata

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Nishino, S., Watanabe, N., Nakama, T. et al. Direct measurement of coronary flow during a vasospastic angina attack by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography. J Echocardiogr 15, 88–90 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-016-0313-5

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