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Gerd Assmann

University of Münster
Münster
Germany

John Chapman

INSERM
Paris
France

James Shepherd

Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Glasgow
UK

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Recent decades have seen dramatic improvements in our ability to improve patient outcomes by reducing the risk of cardiovascular events. These improvements have arisen both from the major advances in our understanding of the biochemical and cellular basis of atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease and through the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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