Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 204-213 , June 2008

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Imaging with 64-Slice Multislice Computed Tomography: Literature Review

  • Catherine M. Jones, MBBS, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
    • Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
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  • Kwang Y. Chin, MBChB, MRCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Selly Oak Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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  • Guang-Zhong Yang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computing, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
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  • Mohamad Hamady, FRCR

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
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  • Ara Darzi, MD, FRCS, KBE

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
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  • Thanos Athanasiou, MD, PhD, FETCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Thanos Athanasiou, MD, PhD, FETCS, Senior Lecturer and Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQM Building, St. Mary's Hospital, London W2 1NY, United Kingdom.

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doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2008.02.006

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 204-213 , June 2008

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