Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 86-94 , October 2007

Feasibility of gadolinium-diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid enhanced multidetector computed tomography for the evaluation of coronary artery disease

  • Patricia Carrascosa, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Diagnóstico Maipú, Av. Maipú 1668 (A1602ABQ) Vicente López, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Carlos Capuñay, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Diagnóstico Maipú, Av. Maipú 1668 (A1602ABQ) Vicente López, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Marcelo Bettinotti, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Sanatorio Güemes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Alejandro Goldsmit, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Sanatorio Güemes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Alejandro Deviggiano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Diagnóstico Maipú, Av. Maipú 1668 (A1602ABQ) Vicente López, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Jorge Carrascosa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Diagnóstico Maipú, Av. Maipú 1668 (A1602ABQ) Vicente López, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Mario J. García, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Medicine Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA

Received 14 March 2007 ,Accepted 24 June 2007.

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 Conflict of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1934-5925(07)00211-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2007.06.003

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 86-94 , October 2007

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