Usefulness of coronary flow reserve measured by transthoracic coronary Doppler ultrasound in the elderly
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Danijela Trifunovic, Edina Cenko, Concetta Torromeo, Beatrice Ricci, Michele Schiariti, Marija Zdravkovic, Zorana Vasiljevic, Olivia Manfrini Department of Cardiology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia Department of Experimental, Diagnostics and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrological, Anesthesiological and Geriatric Sciences, Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Medical Center “Bezanijska kosa”, Belgrade, Serbia
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