The potential role for the use of cardiac computed tomography angiography for the acute chest pain patient in the emergency department: A cautionary viewpoint
β Scribed by Robert Hendel; Naim Dahdah
- Book ID
- 107650605
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 191 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1071-3581
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