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Heart Anatomy

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The anatomy of the heart and the coronary arteries should be nowadays a part of the standard cultural background of the radiologist. Nonetheless, the use of increasingly advanced imaging modalities has brought cardiac imaging into routine clinical practice.

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    Ludovico La Grutta, Giovanni Gentile, Giuseppe Runza, Massimo Galia & Massimo Midiri

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La Grutta, L., Gentile, G., Runza, G., Galia, M., Cademartiri, F., Midiri, M. (2012). Heart Anatomy. In: Cademartiri, F., Casolo, G., Midiri, M. (eds) Clinical Applications of Cardiac CT. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2522-6_10

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