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Defining myocardial infarction by cardiac computed tomography

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    James Stirrup & S. Richard Underwood

  2. Department of Cardiac CT, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London, SW3 6NP, UK

    Edward Nicol

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Stirrup, J., Nicol, E. & Underwood, S.R. Defining myocardial infarction by cardiac computed tomography. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 24, 891–893 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-008-9355-8

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