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Fractional Flow Reserve in Intermediate or Ambiguous Lesion

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Lee, BK. (2018). Fractional Flow Reserve in Intermediate or Ambiguous Lesion. In: Hong, MK. (eds) Coronary Imaging and Physiology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2787-1_26

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