Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages 195-196 , May 2010

Empirical cardiovascular CT training standards: Did we get it right?

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 Conflict of interest: Neither author has any conflicts of interest to declare.

PII: S1934-5925(10)00261-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2010.05.002

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages 195-196 , May 2010

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