Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 99-107 , March 2010

Chronic myocardial infarction detection and characterization during coronary artery calcium scoring acquisitions

  • Gastón A. Rodríguez-Granillo, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Imaging, Otamendi Hospital, Azcuenaga 870 (C1115AAB), Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Miguel A. Rosales, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Imaging, Otamendi Hospital, Azcuenaga 870 (C1115AAB), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Paola Renes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Imaging, Otamendi Hospital, Azcuenaga 870 (C1115AAB), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Eduardo Diez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Otamendi Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Jorge Pereyra, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Otamendi Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Estela Gomez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Otamendi Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Gustavo De Lillo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Otamendi Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Elina Degrossi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Imaging, Otamendi Hospital, Azcuenaga 870 (C1115AAB), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Alfredo E. Rodriguez, MD, PhD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Imaging, Otamendi Hospital, Azcuenaga 870 (C1115AAB), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Eugene P. McFadden, MD, FRCPI, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Cardiology, Cork University Hospital, Ireland

Received 20 July 2009 ,Accepted 9 December 2009.

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

 Dr Rodriguez-Granillo received a research grant from Philips Healthcare.

PII: S1934-5925(09)00639-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.12.003

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 99-107 , March 2010

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