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Hypertension as a predictor of adverse cardiac events in patients with borderline fractional flow reserve

Fatih ArslanHeart Lung Center Utrecht, Department of Cardiology at the University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.Correspondence[email protected]
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Mehmet G. KayaDepartment of Cardiology at the Gazi University Medical Center, Ankara, Turkey.
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Geert van der HeijdenUniversity Medical Center Utrecht, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care at the University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Timur TimurkaynakDepartment of Cardiology at the Gazi University Medical Center, Ankara, Turkey.
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Atiye CengelDepartment of Cardiology at the Gazi University Medical Center, Ankara, Turkey.
Pages 367-372 | Received 12 Feb 2007, Accepted 07 May 2007, Published online: 23 May 2017

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