Atherosclerosis
Volume 182, Issue 1 , Pages 97-103 , September 2005

Evidence of vascular dysfunction in young patients with successfully repaired coarctation of aorta

Received 11 September 2004 ,Revised 20 January 2005 ,Accepted 26 January 2005.

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PII: S0021-9150(05)00105-X

doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2005.01.030

Atherosclerosis
Volume 182, Issue 1 , Pages 97-103 , September 2005

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