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CT Imaging of Non-calcific Atherosclerotic Plaque with Cardiac Computed Tomography

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Newport Coast, CA, USA

    M. Leila Rasouli MD

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  1. Los Angeles Biomedical Research, Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA

    Matthew J. Budoff MD, FACC, FAHA

  2. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Jerold S. Shinbane MD, FACC

  3. Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

    Stephan Achenbach MD, FESC

  4. Department of Cardiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Paolo Raggi MD

  5. Cardiovascular Disease, The Ohio State University, Dublin, OH, USA

    John A. Rumberger PhD, MD

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Rasouli, M.L. (2006). CT Imaging of Non-calcific Atherosclerotic Plaque with Cardiac Computed Tomography. In: Budoff, M.J., Shinbane, J.S., Achenbach, S., Raggi, P., Rumberger, J.A. (eds) Cardiac CT Imaging. Springer, London . https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-146-6_12

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