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Prognostic value of non-invasive coronary computed tomography angiography: where are we now?

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 7 Michal Street, 34362, Haifa, Israel

    Ronen Rubinshtein, David A. Halon & Basil S. Lewis

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Rubinshtein, R., Halon, D.A. & Lewis, B.S. Prognostic value of non-invasive coronary computed tomography angiography: where are we now?. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 27, 421–423 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-010-9666-4

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