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Interventional
BRIEFINGS
Cardiology
Volume 3
Advisory Panel
David Antoniucci Marc van Sambeek
Head, Division of Cardiology, Section of Vascular Surgery,
Careggi Hospital Erasmus University Medical Centre
Antonio Colombo Horst Sievert
Director, Catheterisation Chairman, Interventional
Laboratory, EMO Centro Cardiology Section, International
Cuore Columbus Academy of Cardiology
Ioannis Iakovou Gregg W Stone
Interventional Cardiologist, Chairman and Chief Medical
Blue Cross Heart Centre, Officer, Cardiovascular Research
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Professor of Medicine, Columbia Past President, British
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University Medical Center Cardiovascular Intervention
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