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Murine Myocardial Infarction Model using Permanent Ligation of Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery
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Non-fatal MI as surrogate end point for all-cause or cardiovascular mortality
Davide Capodanno1, William Wijns2
1Division of Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico 'G. Rodolico-San Marco', University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Nature Reviews. Cardiology
|January 15, 2022
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