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How to set up a 24/7 cardiac computed tomography service in an emergency department

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  1. Division of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Department for Bioimaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Christian Loewe & Dietrich Beitzke

  2. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy

    Marco Francone

  3. IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy

    Marco Francone

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Loewe, C., Beitzke, D. & Francone, M. How to set up a 24/7 cardiac computed tomography service in an emergency department. Eur Radiol 33, 8177–8179 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-023-09721-x

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