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Ultrasound-assessed non-culprit and culprit coronary vessels differ by age and gender
Andreas W Schoenenberger, Andreas E Stuck, Division of Geriatrics, Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
Nadja Urbanek, Stefan Toggweiler, Paul Erne, Department of Cardiology, Luzerner Kantonsspital, 6000 Luzern, Switzerland
Thérèse J Resink, Department of Biomedicine, Laboratory for Signal Transduction, Basel University Hospital, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
Author contributions: Schoenenberger AW analyzed the data and wrote the paper; Urbanek N and Toggweiler S analyzed the intravascular ultrasound images and collected data; Stuck AE and Resink TJ were involved in the interpretation of the data and in the critical revision of the manuscript; Erne P designed the study, performed the intravascular ultrasound, was involved in the interpretation of the data, and critically revised the manuscript.
Supported by Swiss Heart Foundation, Bern, Switzerland; the Swiss National Science Foundation, No. 310000-118468/1, Bern, Switzerland; and the Kamillo-Eisner Foundation, Hergiswil, Switzerland
Correspondence to: Paul Erne, Professor, Department of Cardiology, Luzerner Kantonsspital, 6000 Luzern, Switzerland. paul.erne@luks.ch
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Received: September 12, 2012
Revised: November 16, 2012
Accepted: November 21, 2012
Published online: March 26, 2013
Processing time: 194 Days and 20.9 Hours
Revised: November 16, 2012
Accepted: November 21, 2012
Published online: March 26, 2013
Processing time: 194 Days and 20.9 Hours
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