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Left main coronary atresia: A more commonly identified condition after the advent of 64-slice CT coronary angiography?

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield NHS Trust, London, UK

    Edward D. Nicol & Jonathan Lyne

  2. Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield NHS Trust, London, UK

    Siew Yen Ho

  3. Department of Radiology, Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield NHS Trust, Sydney Street, SW3 6NP, London, UK

    Edward D. Nicol, Michael B. Rubens & Simon P. G. Padley

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E.D.N., J.L., M.B.R., and S.P.G.P. were responsible for the conception and design or analysis and interpretation of data or both, E.D.N., J.L., M.B.R., S.P.G.P., and S.Y.H. were responsible for drafting of the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content: and E.D.N., J.L., M.B.R., S.P.G.P., and S.Y.H. were responsible for final approval of the manuscript submitted.

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Nicol, E.D., Lyne, J., Rubens, M.B. et al. Left main coronary atresia: A more commonly identified condition after the advent of 64-slice CT coronary angiography?. J Nucl Cardiol 14, 715–718 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclcard.2007.05.010

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