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University of Leicester | Professor Anthony Gershlick

Total blockage of a coronary artery, or chronic total occlusion (CTO), causes painful angina. Around 30 per cent of people with CTO cannot be adequately treated by current therapy. Professor Anthony Gershlick from the University of Leiceste...

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