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Coronary computed tomographic angiography: Competitive or complementary?

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Thomas, G.S. Coronary computed tomographic angiography: Competitive or complementary?. J Nucl Cardiol 13, 605–608 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclcard.2006.07.003

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