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Coronary MR angiography

Duerinckx, 1999

Document ID
1821194065674327671
Author
Duerinckx A
Publication year
Publication venue
Radiologic Clinics of North America

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Atherosclerosis, specifically coronary artery disease, is the most common cause of adult mortality in the Western Hemisphere. Cardiac imaging represents an enormous percentage of all diagnostic imaging procedures. In 1993, an estimated US $1.67 billion (or 32% of all …
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