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Noninvasive visualization of the coronary arteries with multi-slice computed tomography; influence of heart rate on diagnostic accuracy

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J.D. Schuijf is financially supported by The Netherlands Heart Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands, grant number 2002B105.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Maureen M. Henneman, Jeroen J. Bax, Joanne D. Schuijf & Ernst E. van der Wall

  2. The Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Joanne D. Schuijf & Ernst E. van der Wall

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Henneman, M.M., Bax, J.J., Schuijf, J.D. et al. Noninvasive visualization of the coronary arteries with multi-slice computed tomography; influence of heart rate on diagnostic accuracy. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 22, 107–109 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-005-9022-2

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