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Clinical Evidence that Nisoldipine Attenuates Stunning in Patients Post infarction

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  1. Heart Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Robert A. Kloner & Karin Przyklenk

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Kloner, R.A., Przyklenk, K. Clinical Evidence that Nisoldipine Attenuates Stunning in Patients Post infarction. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 11, 17–18 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007731303011

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