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How cardiologists figure out if the arteries to the heart are narrowed
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Dr Sukhjinder Nijjer
Dr Sukhjinder Nijjer

How cardiologists figure out if the arteries to the heart are narrowed

Dr Nijjar describes how he images coronary arteries in his lab at the West Middlesex Hospital

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