Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 83-91 , March 2010

Viability imaging by cardiac computed tomography

Received 12 August 2009 ,Accepted 20 January 2010.

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

PII: S1934-5925(10)00129-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2010.01.019

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 83-91 , March 2010

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