Atherosclerosis
Volume 210, Issue 2 , Pages 445-451 , June 2010

Stress test with dual isotope studies for the documentation of classical ischemic preconditioning

  • Maria Koutelou

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear cardiology department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Greece
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  • Athanasios Katsikis

      Affiliations

    • 2nd cardiology department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Zoodochou Pigis 54, Melissia, Athens, Greece. Tel.: +30 2108040663/6947373922; fax: +30 2109493373.
    • ,
  • Athanasios Theodorakos

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear cardiology department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Greece
    • ,
  • Virginia Tsapaki

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear cardiology department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Greece
    • ,
  • Anna Kouzoumi

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear cardiology department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Greece
    • ,
  • Athanasios Dritsas

      Affiliations

    • 1st cardiology department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Greece
    • ,
  • Dennis Cokkinos

      Affiliations

    • 1st cardiology department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Greece

Received 28 September 2009 ,Revised 27 October 2009 ,Accepted 25 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.11.045

Atherosclerosis
Volume 210, Issue 2 , Pages 445-451 , June 2010

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