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Reyes, E., Bunce, N., Senior, R., Anagnostopoulos, C.D. (2006). Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease. In: Anagnostopoulos, C.D., Nihoyannopoulos, P., Bax, J.J., van der Wall, E. (eds) Noninvasive Imaging of Myocardial Ischemia. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-156-3_10

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