CCTA and CTO-PCI - 'see' beyond the blind end
A Aldajani1, Z Ahmed1, A Y Chong1
1Department of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, K1Y 4W7, ON, Canada.
Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
|February 12, 2026
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