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  1. Director of Preventive Cardiology, Rush University Medical Center Radiant Research, Chicago, IL

    Michael H. Davidson MD,FACC,FACP

  2. Director of Preventive Cardiology, Sterling Rock Falls Clinic Chief of Medicine CGH Medical Center Clinical Associate Professor, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, IL

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Chugh, A.R. et al. (2007). The Clinical Use of Noninvasive Modalities in the Assessment of Atherosclerosis. In: Davidson, M.H., Toth, P.P., Maki, K.C., Gotto, A.M. (eds) Therapeutic Lipidology. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-533-6_18

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