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Collagen and ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction: concepts and hypotheses

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Whittaker, P. Collagen and ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction: concepts and hypotheses. Basic Res Cardiol 92, 79–81 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00805566

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