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CT in the Context of Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Management

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Cardiac CT has emerged as a reliable diagnostic method for detecting significant coronary stenoses in selected patients.

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  1. HELIOS Klinikum Emil von Behring – Klinik für Innere Medizin I Kardiologie und Diabetologie, Walterhöferstr. 11, 14165, Berlin, Germany

    A. C. Borges (PD Dr. med.)

  2. CharitéCentrum 13 für Innere Medizin mit Kardiologie, Gastroenterologie, Nephrologie, Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Kardiologie und Angiologie, CCM, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany

    K. Stangl (Prof. Dr. med.)

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Borges, A.C., Stangl, K. (2011). CT in the Context of Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Management. In: Cardiac CT. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14022-8_4

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