Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 167-175 , June 2008

Technical and Clinical Aspects of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography

  • Dirk Schnapauff, MD
    • ,
  • Elke Zimmermann, MD
    • ,
  • Marc Dewey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Marc Dewey, MD, Department of Radiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.

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