Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 6 , Pages 409-411 , November 2009

Evaluation of myocarditis with delayed-enhancement computed tomography

  • Kelly Axsom, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Fay Lin, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Greenberg Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, 520 E 70th Street, K415, New York, NY 10021, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Jonathan W. Weinsaft, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Greenberg Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, 520 E 70th Street, K415, New York, NY 10021, USA
    • ,
  • James K. Min, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Greenberg Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, 520 E 70th Street, K415, New York, NY 10021, USA

Received 8 May 2009 ,Accepted 16 September 2009.

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

PII: S1934-5925(09)00500-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.09.003

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 6 , Pages 409-411 , November 2009

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