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spellingShingle Sugane, Hiroki, Kataoka, Yu, Otsuka, Fumiyuki, Yasuda, Satoshi, European Heart Journal - Case Reports, Cholesterol-crystalized coronary atheroma as a potential precursor lesion causing acute coronary syndrome: a case report, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
title Cholesterol-crystalized coronary atheroma as a potential precursor lesion causing acute coronary syndrome: a case report
title_full Cholesterol-crystalized coronary atheroma as a potential precursor lesion causing acute coronary syndrome: a case report
title_fullStr Cholesterol-crystalized coronary atheroma as a potential precursor lesion causing acute coronary syndrome: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Cholesterol-crystalized coronary atheroma as a potential precursor lesion causing acute coronary syndrome: a case report
title_short Cholesterol-crystalized coronary atheroma as a potential precursor lesion causing acute coronary syndrome: a case report
title_sort cholesterol-crystalized coronary atheroma as a potential precursor lesion causing acute coronary syndrome: a case report
title_unstemmed Cholesterol-crystalized coronary atheroma as a potential precursor lesion causing acute coronary syndrome: a case report
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