Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 155-159 , December 2007

Prognostic significance of zero coronary calcium scores on cardiac computed tomography

Received 27 May 2007 ,Accepted 2 October 2007.

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

PII: S1934-5925(07)00287-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2007.10.001

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 155-159 , December 2007

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