Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 6 , Pages 417-419 , November 2009

Complete left pericardial defect: Evaluation with supine and decubitus dual source CT

Received 4 June 2009 ,Accepted 14 July 2009.

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

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PII: S1934-5925(09)00404-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.07.002

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 6 , Pages 417-419 , November 2009

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