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Quantitative Micro-CT Analysis of Aortopathy in a Mouse Model of β-aminopropionitrile-induced Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection
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Could imaging microcalcification activity improve abdominal aortic aneurysm risk stratification after intervention?
Mohammed M Chowdhury1,2, Jason M Tarkin3
1Vascular Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
Heart (British Cardiac Society)
|July 18, 2023
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