The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 4 , Pages 387-391 , April 2009

Impact of 64-Slice Multidetector Computed Tomography on Other Diagnostic Studies for Coronary Artery Disease

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 Funding: None.

 Conflicts of Interest: None.

 Authorship: All authors had access to the data and played a role in writing this manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(08)01179-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.10.031

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 4 , Pages 387-391 , April 2009

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