Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 62-65 , January 2010

Role of cardiac computed tomography in planning and evaluating percutaneous transluminal septal myocardial ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Received 22 June 2009 ,Accepted 14 October 2009.

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

PII: S1934-5925(09)00510-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.10.004

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 62-65 , January 2010