Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 6 , Pages 375-380 , November 2010

Periprocedural safety of 64-detector row coronary computed tomographic angiography: Results from the prospective multicenter ACCURACY trial

  • George W. Bell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Greenberg Division of Cardiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10128 and the New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
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  • Michael Edwardes, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Everest Clinical Research Services, Ontario, Canada
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  • Allison M. Dunning, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University and the New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
    • Department of Radiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University and the New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
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  • Sidney Glasofer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Greenberg Division of Cardiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10128 and the New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
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  • Fay Y. Lin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Greenberg Division of Cardiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10128 and the New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
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  • Troy M. Labounty, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Greenberg Division of Cardiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10128 and the New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
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  • Augustin Delago, MD

      Affiliations

    • Capital Cardiology Associates, Albany, NY
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  • Matthew J. Budoff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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  • James K. Min, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Greenberg Division of Cardiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10128 and the New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
    • Department of Radiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University and the New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 6 March 2010 ,Accepted 8 August 2010.

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

PII: S1934-5925(10)00466-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2010.08.003

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 6 , Pages 375-380 , November 2010

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