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High field strength coronary MRA—ready for prime time?

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Yang and colleagues report on their single-center experience with high-field coronary MRA using a new MR contrast agent. Data on 30 patients were compared with conventional X-ray angiography. Their new coronary MRA approach seems favourable when compared with previous MRA methods.

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  1. Departments of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division) and Radiology of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Reza Nezafat & Warren J. Manning

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Nezafat, R., Manning, W. High field strength coronary MRA—ready for prime time?. Nat Rev Cardiol 6, 676–678 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2009.184

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