Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 14-19 , January 2007

Assessment of Myocardial Microvascular Function: New Opportunities in Fast Computed Tomography

  • Elena Daghini
    • ,
  • Lilach O. Lerman

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Lilach O. Lerman, MD, PhD, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Tel.: (+1) 507 284 4695; fax: (+1) 507 266 9316.

Received 17 July 2006 ,Revised 18 October 2006 ,Accepted 23 October 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2006.10.002

Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 14-19 , January 2007

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