Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 176-181 , June 2008

Cardiac and Coronary Anatomy in Computed Tomography

  • Elke Zimmermann, MD
    • ,
  • Dirk Schnapauff, 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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doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2008.02.003

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 176-181 , June 2008

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