Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 16-21 , January 2009

Temporal trends in utilization of cardiac computed tomography

  • Ala-Eddin M. Ayyad, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • ,
  • Jason Cole, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, AL, USA
    • ,
  • Asmir Syed, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, AL, USA
    • ,
  • Milind Y. Desai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Cleveland Clinic, Imaging Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • ,
  • Sandra Halliburton, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Cleveland Clinic, Imaging Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • ,
  • Paul Schoenhagen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Cleveland Clinic, Imaging Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • ,
  • Scott D. Flamm, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Cleveland Clinic, Imaging Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • ,
  • Srikanth Sola, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Cleveland Clinic, Imaging Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address correspondence to Srikanth Sola, MD, FACC, FAHA, Department of Cardiology, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, EPIP Area, Whitefield, Bangalore, 560 066 India.

Received 23 April 2008 ,Accepted 13 October 2008.

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

PII: S1934-5925(08)00627-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2008.10.009

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 16-21 , January 2009

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