Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 3-18 , January 2010

Computed tomography of the pericardium and pericardial disease

  • Prabhakar Rajiah, MBBS, MD, FRCR

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Jeffrey P. Kanne, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA

Received 7 July 2009 ,Accepted 1 January 2010.

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

PII: S1934-5925(10)00005-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2010.01.004

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 3-18 , January 2010

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