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Can cardiac MRI predict outcome in patients at risk for unrecognized myocardial infarction?

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boxed-textKwong RY et al. (2006) Impact of unrecognized myocardial scar detected by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging on event-free survival in patients presenting with signs or symptoms of coronary artery disease. Circulation 113: 2733–2743

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Judd, R., Kim, R. Can cardiac MRI predict outcome in patients at risk for unrecognized myocardial infarction?. Nat Rev Cardiol 3, 652–653 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio0718

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