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Jan-Erik Scholtz1, Sandeep Hedgire2, Brian B Ghoshhajra2

  • 1Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology (Cardiovascular Imaging), Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 165 Cambridge Street, Suite 400, Boston, MA 02114-2750, USA; Department for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Frankfurt 60590, Germany.

Radiologic Clinics of North America
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PubMed

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Coronary CT angiographyCoronary interpretationCoronary stenosisEmergency department

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