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In the United States, atherosclerotic coronary vascular disease remains the most common cause of death. Despite tremendous emphasis on diagnosis and disease prevention, most advances have come in the form of palliative therapy of overt disease.
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Leimgruber, P.P., Gruentzig, A.R. (1985). Current aspects of transluminal coronary angioplasty. In: Meyer, J., Erbel, R., Rupprecht, H.J. (eds) Improvement of Myocardial Perfusion. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 50. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5032-0_32
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