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  1. Aida Suárez-Barrientos1,
  2. Borja Ibanez1,2
  1. 1Coronary Care Unit, Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
  2. 2Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), Madrid, Spain
  1. Correspondence to Dr Borja Ibanez, Imaging in Experimental Cardiology Laboratory, Atherothrombosis and Imaging Department, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), c/Melchor Fernández Almagro, 3, Madrid 28029, Spain; bibanez{at}cnic.es

https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2011-300363

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